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Inflation · SeattleSeattle’s city budget grew 29% over the past five years, mostly because of increased labor costs plus high inflation. About $90 million of the budget increase — from $6.1 billion in 2019 to $7.8 billion in 2024 — came from the creation of new programs such as the Clean City Initiative to pick up trash and the Unified Care Team that does homeless encampment outreach and clearance. Though $1.7 billion is a far cry from pocket change, it averages …See the Story
Audit finds inflation, wages drove Seattle's $1.7B budget increase
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Seattle · SeattleThe Whatcom County Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to launch a formal investigation into the county’s handling of sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against a former Public Works director and subsequent settlement of $225,000 to a female employee. “The system needs to be looked at from stem to stern,” Chairman Barry Buchanan said ahead of the vote. During the special session on Tuesday, April 30, Council members openly struggled …See the Story
Whatcom County to investigate handling of sexual harassment case
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Seattle · SeattleTorrey Stephenson, 30, never learned to swim. As an 11-year-old growing up in Colorado, Stephenson tended to avoid his neighborhood pool. He was uncomfortable with the idea of being made to wear a bikini as someone assigned the female gender at birth. Years later, as a college student at Colorado State University in 2014, Stephenson was told his sports bra and shorts were against the rules, and he was “thrown out” of the pool, he said. “I was …See the Story
How PNW trans swimmers are finding comfort in and out of water
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Jersey City · Jersey CityTwenty-four years after Washington became the first state to commit to decreasing pedestrian traffic deaths to zero, the numbers continue to move in the wrong direction. Last year was one of the worst years ever for Washington traffic deaths, including pedestrians. Accounting for a full 20% of those traffic deaths is Aurora Avenue North, aka State Highway 99, Seattle’s north-south alternative to Interstate 5, according to Elisabeth Wooton, Seatt…See the Story
Is Seattle a walkable city? Pedestrian death rates show otherwise
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