
‘Show of force’: Business-backed opponents of Seattle head tax outspent supporters 2 to 1
Campaigns for and against the levy spent more than $600,000 combined, contesting a referendum that likely will not take place.
Campaigns for and against the levy spent more than $600,000 combined, contesting a referendum that likely will not take place.
The offer by City Attorney Pete Holmes would cover any civil fines for breaking the law, but the city wouldn’t admit that it actually did...
The tax was supposed to raise $47 million per year for low-income housing and homeless services. The lobbyists who helped kill the measure want to...
A stalled King County committee on homelessness looks to a post head-tax world.
The Seattle City Council repealed the $275 per worker head tax after the referendum campaign received enough signatures for the November ballot.
It was an uprising of fed-up citizens, not Amazon strong-arming City Hall. Now it’s time to keep up the pressure.
Amazon didn't bully the city into rescinding this destructive policy. The City Council prompted a popular revolt — but not the one its most extreme...
Three attorneys contend each of the named city officials be fined and that the city bear their legal costs; city attorney says council complied with...
The City Council implicitly acknowledged its head-tax plan was a loser when members voted to repeal it. But they couldn't admit it, instead blaming about...
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