Last week the legislature cleared a major hurdle, the House of Origin cutoff. March 8 was the deadline for bills to move out of the chamber (House or Senate) in which they were introduced. This year, 2,086 bills have been introduced, and 559 made it past last week’s...
Solving the homelessness crisis has consistently been the most important issue for people in our region, according to The Index. Recent trends confirm immediate action is required. Washington’s 2022 point-in-time count found nearly 13,000 individuals live outside and...
Thanks to a law passed in 2022, Washington businesses have a chance to play a leading role (and get a tax credit) as the region draws the film industry to the Pacific Northwest. In 2006, the Washington State Legislature created the Motion Picture Competitiveness...
Week Three – Jan. 24-28 Week three of the short, 60-day legislative session is complete, and we are now a third of the way through session. Thursday is the House of Origin Policy...
Public Health - Seattle & King County is reiterating the ongoing need for the vaccine verification requirement during the Omicron surge. Under this requirement, people ages 12 and...
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King County Council on Jan. 11 released its committee and meeting schedule for 2022. At that meeting, Council passed two motions; one motion related to the organization of council...
The extensions of light rail to West Seattle and Ballard and a new downtown Seattle tunnel to provide capacity for the entire light rail system hit an important milestone this month....
Week Two – January 17-21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day marked the start of the second week of the legislative session. Both chambers started the week by honouring late civil rights...
The city of Seattle's Office of Labor Standards has announced its upcoming rulemaking stakeholder process. The office will hold five virtual stakeholder meetings to gather input for...
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What is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in the last century has destroyed as many as 2,700 structures on Maui, most of which were homes, leaving thousands of residents homeless,...
From a global digital banking provider to Pacific Northwest travel experts, please help us welcome our new members! Published Thursday, August 10, 2023 9:00 am by Corinne Lumens...
Today's featured member, Michael O'dlee, President of U.S Office of O'dlee Design Lab, said the lab and CCLEMANG are Seattle and Busan, Republic of Korea-based online design and...
Seattle City Council is considering legislation that would align the city code with the state’s recently passed law classifying the public use and possession of controlled substances...
The King County Council is considering whether to require businesses in unincorporated King County to accept cash. The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce delivered the following...
On June 23, volunteers from across the greater Seattle area dispersed in the blocks around T-Mobile Park for a community cleanup. Getting Seattle ready for the 2023 MLB All-Star Week...
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