Funding for housing and tourism rose as priorities in week four of the 2023 Legislative Session, and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce supported its members and the alternative jet fuel industry. Housing Housing continues to be a primary focus this...
Week three of the 2023 legislative session included traction on housing and childcare legislation and highlighted the contentious issue of the site selection for the new commercial service airport. Housing The conversation surrounding housing supply and the missing...
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will launch the permanent Employer Shared Transit Stops Program in the coming weeks, expanding single-employer shuttle access to up to 250 metro stops across the city. The program seeks to reduce traffic congestion,...
The Seattle 2022 City budget process is well underway. This week Seattle City Council will discuss amendments to the Mayor’s proposed 2022 budget. Those meetings will take place...
Check your mailbox – your King County ballot was mailed last week for the Nov. 2 General Election. Your completed ballot has to be postmarked by Nov. 2 or deposited in an official...
As of October 2, commuters and travelers have more options for fast, reliable travel with Sound Transit’s new Northgate light rail extension. The 4.3-mile extension added three new...
The single-family zoning label may be on its way out. A bill sponsored by Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda and Dan Strauss would change “single-family areas” to “neighborhood...
On Sept. 13 the Seattle City Council voted on the mid-year supplemental budget, which included the issue of how to reallocate $15 million in salary savings for the Seattle Police...
Greetings, Seattle Metro Chamber Members, As COVID-19 continues to spread and strain hospital capacity throughout our region, King County is instituting proof of vaccination...
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It’s the last week of the 2023 105-day legislative session. April 12 was the Opposite House Floor Cutoff; the last day for the House and Senate to vote on bills that came over from...
Washington’s COVID-19 business rules ended April 1, earlier than the anticipated May 11 date, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has confirmed. Craig Blackwood,...
There are only two weeks left in the legislative session. Last week, legislators primarily focused their attention on moving legislation through fiscal committees by the Opposite...
The King County Crisis Care Centers Levy will appear as Proposition 1 on the April 25 Special Election ballot. The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has endorsed this measure...
We are now in the final stretch of the 2023, 105-day legislative session. March 29 was the Opposite House Policy Committee Cutoff where all bills that passed their chambers of origin...
We have only four more weeks left in the 105-day legislative session. Last week, hearings and executive sessions on policy bills continued in advance of the March 29 opposite-house...
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