The 2015 transportation levy is twice as large as its predecessor, but a new city report now says that funding isn't keeping up with rising construction costs. The city also blames insufficient cost estimates and "uncertainty" on anticipated federal funding.
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Seattle Mayor Durkan halts streetcar expansion project as costs jump past $200M
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Seattle underestimates by millions the cost to run its new streetcar line, Metro says
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Ousted Swedish surgeon claims a conspiracy, but doctors say ‘smoking gun’ is fake
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Hundreds urge Inslee to veto bill exempting Washington legislators from public-records law
Gov. Jay Inslee must decide by Thursday whether to veto or let stand a bill exempting the state Legislature from Washington’s Public Records Act. Inslee...