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Two Seattle Nice Interviews This Week: Mayor Katie Wilson and Budget Director Aly Pennucci, and Councilmember Dionne Foster

Seattle Nice has two interviews for you this week! On Friday’s show, we sat down with Mayor Katie Wilson and her budget ...
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SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back.

By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Department overpaid police officers, management, and civilian staff a total of ...
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Council Learns What “One-Time Funding” Means; Podcaster’s Advocacy for Anti-Trans Campaign Didn’t Violate Election Law

City council members who funded an unsustainable budget last year by using one-time dollars to fund tens of millions ...
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Seattle Cop Used Chinese AI Smart Glasses to Film Inside SPD Facilities, Creating Video for Company

By Erica C. Barnett A Seattle Police Department officer, Adam Sun, is on administrative leave after using a pair ...
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KCRHA Consultant Finds the “Missing” $8 Million; Strauss’ RV Ban Moves Forward (But Won’t Ban Sprinters, to Saka’s Dismay)

Earlier this month, the King County Regional H Authority dropped a bombshell: That “missing” $8 million the financially ...
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On Wilson’s Budget, the Council Parts Ways With Reality

A $175 million deficit built into the budget these same council members approved last year. As I reported at the time, that ...
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Greater Seattle: Inclusionary Zoning, Part 2; Amazon as a Percentage of the Budget; Permitted, but Struggling

So says the study released this summer by an economist at UC Irvine about inclusionary zoning (IZ), a policy that requires builders to couple any market-rate housing ...
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Mayor Wilson Rolls Out Small-C Conservative Budget that Addresses City’s Structural Deficit

The proposal makes real cuts to close a $175 million gap—and reflects the conflict between campaign ambitions and a ...