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Seattle Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda speaks during the virtual City Council meeting on Monday. (Seattle Channel / YouTube) — Seattle Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda speaks during the virtual city council meeting on Monday. The Council passed a new tax on big businesses that’s expected to raise more than $200 million per year. (Seattle Channel / YouTube)

Local Politics

Seattle City Council passes ‘JumpStart’ tax on high salaries paid by big businesses

The "JumpStart Seattle" tax championed by Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda will target companies with highly paid employees, like Amazon.

Coronavirus daily news updates, July 6: What to know today about COVID-19 Updated 9:48 pm
Driver accused of hitting protesters, killing one, held on $1.2 million bail
City Council member seeks to create first-responder alternative to police
Worst of both worlds for Seattle-area home shoppers: rising prices and not much for sale Updated 9:06 pm
Seattle's Tom Douglas announces permanent closure of two South Lake Union restaurants
International students can’t stay here if their college goes all-online, ICE says

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes trade jerseys after the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Kansas City Chiefs at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday December 23, 2018. 208826 208826

Sports

Seahawks’ Russell Wilson surpassed by Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes as NFL’s highest-paid player

FYI Guy

Why aren’t Seattle schools more racially diverse? Look at the neighborhoods

A grounds crew worker cuts the infield in front of empty seats at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Thursday, March 26, 2020, around the time when the first pitch would have been thrown in the Mariners’ Opening Day baseball game against the visiting Texas Rangers. Earlier in the month, Major League Baseball called off the start of the season due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Mariners

MLB releases schedule for Mariners' coronavirus-delayed season

Don't Miss

Michael Coy, manager of Ravenna Third Place Books, is retiring from his long career in the Seattle book business.

Books

‘I’ve been a lucky man’: Michael Coy, a mainstay in Seattle’s book scene, is retiring after 48 years in the business

Outfielder Braden Bishop tracks down fly balls in the outfield Monday at T-Mobile Park. The Seattle Mariners Summer Camp continued Monday, July 6, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA. 214377

Matt Calkins

Mariners’ Braden Bishop in ‘a really tough spot’ about whether to play as coronavirus hits family

A monument for Confederate soldiers in Seattle’s Lake View Cemetery has been spray painted and toppled, as seen on Sunday July 5, 2020. It was built in 1926 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Granite for the monument was quarried and sent by train and steamship from Stone Mountain in Georgia, a site known for its Confederate memorial and ties with the Ku Klux Klan. 214427

Local News

Memorial to Confederate soldiers toppled at Capitol Hill’s Lake View Cemetery VIEW

Op-Ed

Gov. Jay Inslee’s budget cuts barely scratched the surface

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Local News & Politics

Lauren Weins and Lorenzo Brown hold hands and pray during the The Prayer for Justice rally in Bellevue’s Downtown Park Sunday June 28, 2020. “It‚Äôs surprising and refreshing,‚Äù said Brown, who attends Common Good Church in Bellevue. 214348 214348

Seattle-area evangelicals wrestle with racism and their own silence: ‘We repent’ VIEW

Traffic Lab

SDOT says a shallow tunnel could be an option to replace the cracked West Seattle Bridge

Sound Transit leaders warn projects must be canceled or delayed to keep cash from running dry

Seattle City Council approves paid sick days for gig drivers during the coronavirus emergency

West Seattle Bridge is a surprise crisis, but plenty of other aging Seattle bridges are also vulnerable

See the traffic patterns before and during Washington’s coronavirus stay-home order

Business & Tech

Townhouses for sale stand in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Sunday, March 10, 2019. For the first time in years, the U.S. is entering its key spring house-hunting season with buyers holding the upperhand. Nowhere is the shift more pronounced than in once-hot areas such as Seattle, San Francisco and Denver. Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg

Worst of both worlds for Seattle-area home shoppers: rising prices and not much for sale

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Nation & World

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Gov. Kristi Noem greet President Donald Trump and first Lady Melania Trump upon arrival at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Friday, July 3, 2020, in Rapid City, S.D. Trump is en route to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) SDAB327 SDAB327

South Dakota governor, exposed to virus, joined Trump on jet

Times Watchdog

The Yakama Indian Reservation is pictured from above on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 near Harrah, Wash.

Federal court rules against Yakama tribe in policing dispute

Coronavirus Video

"There are businesses that haven't been able to operate at all," says Laura Clise, founder and CEO of Intentionalist. Night Light Nails is one of them. "We've been struggling," says owner Van Nguyen. (Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

To shape Seattle's coronavirus recovery, 'spend like it matters' (4:16)

When COVID-19 began to crush Guayaba's music goals for 2020, they changed course and found a new outlet for creativity. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

'No safety net for our art': A musician copes with loss of work... (1:51)

When COVID-19 shutdown potato processors, the Washington Potato Commission found it had too many spuds to keep in storage. To avoid food waste, the Emergency Food Network worked to giveaway 200,000 pounds of spuds. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

The pandemic caused a potato surplus, now farmers give them away (1:49)

When the novel coronavirus outbreak canceled the rest of their season, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan and Kyle Davis built a ballet studio in their living room and started teaching via Zoom. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Dancing through the pandemic – in a homemade studio (2:39)

Tricia Jenkins, an emergency room nurse, and her husband – also an essential worker – sent their two kids to live with her mom during the coronavirus pandemic. "I desperately miss my children," Jenkins said. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

ER nurse: 'I don't want to bring the virus home' (3:12)

Jessica Esparza became an ICU nurse just as the coronavirus pandemic reached Washington. Previously an oncology nurse, Esparza is often overwhelmed by how ill her COVID-19 patients are – "Nothing compares to this." (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Night shift nurse: 'Nothing compares to this' (2:56)

After the novel coronavirus outbreak shut down most of Pike Place Market, many Hmong flower farmers were left with nowhere to sell. It’s not the first time these families have had to overcome what felt impossible. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

With Pike Place closed, Hmong flower farmers cultivate resilience (5:55)

Michael Flor battled with coronavirus for 62 days at Swedish Issaquah. His stay makes him the longest coronavirus patient at a Swedish hospital. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

After 62-day battle with COVID-19, 70-year-old patient leaves... (1:08)

Food & Drink

Chef Tom Douglas has permanently closed his two South Lake Union restaurants. (Kyle Johnson/The New York Times)

Seattle's Tom Douglas announces permanent closure of two South Lake Union restaurants

Pacific NW Magazine

Soo Ing-Moody moved to Twisp Washington in the Methow Valley and became the small town’s mayor about ten years ago. Since she has been in office, the town has survived two major wildfires and is currently navigating through the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Soo Ing-Moody walks down the towns main street in May. Twisp has turned into an artist’s enclave and is a stone’s throw from Winthrop and Sun Mountain in North Central Washington.

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Twisp Mayor Soo Ing-Moody’s leadership through 3 devastating disasters has forged an inspiring sense of community, shared purpose and resiliency

Editorials & Opinion

The Times recommends: Sarah Reyneveld for 36th Legislative District, Position 2 | Editorial

Featured Columnist

Supreme Court patches up Electoral College for 2020

Horsey Cartoon

Trump’s performance reviews? Below expectations

Sports

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes trade jerseys after the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Kansas City Chiefs at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday December 23, 2018. 208826 208826

Seahawks’ Russell Wilson surpassed by Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes as NFL’s highest-paid player

Featured Columnist

Mariners’ Braden Bishop in ‘a really tough spot’ about whether to play as coronavirus hits family

Arts & Life

Two of the Woodland Park Zoo’s giraffes are the tallest land animals. Some grow to a height of 19-feet.
This is in the African savanna habitat.

reopens to the public at 25% capacity, Wednesday July 1, 2020 214372

Woodland Park Zoo reopens to the public. Here’s how the animals — and kids — reacted.

Moira Macdonald

‘I’ve been a lucky man’: Michael Coy, a mainstay in Seattle’s book scene, is retiring after 48 years in the business

Photography

dee Gordon does defensive drills on the infield of T-Mobile Park Monday. The Seattle Mariners Summer Camp continued Monday, July 6, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA. 214377

Mariners

Photos: Monday at Mariners’ “Summer Camp” VIEW

Second baseman Dee Gordon runs a drill during the third Mariners Summer Camp training, Sunday, July 5, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. 214376

Mariners

Photos: Sunday at Mariners’ “Summer Camp” VIEW

Canada geese hang out at the water’s edge of Lake Union at Gas Works Park where the lake on the Fourth of July would usually be crowded with hundreds of boats to watch the fireworks. ref to more photos online

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Local News

Gas Works Park unusually quiet for a Fourth of July VIEW

On Thursday the Seattle Monorail operated the red train with one leaving every 10-minutes.

For operating hours and fares see: seattlemonorail.com

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Local News

Seattle’s Monorail: The future and past of a burgeoning city VIEW