Vulcan, Kroger, Albertsons and Howard Wright have made similar pledges, says a report listing 40 pledges totaling more than $325,000. Other well-known Seattle companies donating...
On the heels of Seattle’s vote to tax large employers $275 per worker, the tech-heavy California cities of San Francisco, Mountain View, Cupertino and East...
The 1971 “turn out the lights” billboard message is back as Seattle is embroiled in the head tax battle. Its creators react.
The effort by employers to undo the city’s newly passed business tax opens a new phase in the contentious battle over Seattle’s response to the...
Seattle’s City Council and mayor need to hear from the public that ever more spending is not the solution to the regional homeless crisis, and...
In the latest Seattle Times politics podcast, a look at the backstory and repercussions of Seattle's new "head tax" on larger businesses.
The City Council rolled the dice in taxing Seattle's largest employers. But the social problem it claims the tax would help "solve" has much more...
Given the anger borne of frustration, it wouldn’t take long to get needed signatures for an initiative that could lead to a ban on Seattle’s...
As Mayor Jenny Durkan and the City Council negotiated the terms of a tax on large businesses to address homelessness, finding the right number to...
The Seattle Times is seeking stories of people who have a stake in the plan to tax large businesses to raise money to help address...
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