1 Dead, 7 Wounded in Downtown Seattle Shooting
Multiple people opened fire outside a McDonald’s in the busiest part of downtown Seattle during the evening commute Wednesday, killing one person and wounding seven others, police said.
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Baseball Stadium Access
T-Mobile Park, home to the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team, complies with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, a federal court in Washington ruled. A group of wheelchair users claimed there were inadequate sightlines in the stadium and improperly distributed accessible seats.
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Seattle Court Entrance Closed After Violent Attacks
Citing “constant reports of assaults,” Presiding Judge James Rogers closed the main entrance to the King County Courthouse in Seattle Tuesday.
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Families Accuse Hospital of Hiding Mold That Killed 6 Kids
The Seattle Children’s Hospital hid a mold problem for more than a decade, which led to the deaths of six children and sickened several others, a putative class action complaint claims.
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Amazon’s Bid for Business-Friendly Seattle City Council Tanks
With just a handful of ballots left to count and the victory of a socialist incumbent, the race for Seattle City Council has a decisive loser: Amazon and its $1 million bid to install a council more friendly to big business.
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Amazon’s Attempt to Flip Seattle City Council Appears to Be Flopping as Votes Are Tallied
Socialist incumbent Kshama Sawant edged closer to her big business-funded opponent in votes tallied Thursday – a trend that could put her alongside a handful of other progressive candidates Amazon spent over $1 million to oppose in the Seattle City Council race.
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Incumbents Lead in Seattle City Council Races, Despite Amazon Investment
Early returns Tuesday night did not reveal whether Amazon’s $1 million gamble to transform Seattle’s city council would pay off, but several races showed the corporate giant’s candidates falling behind.
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Amazon Waves Its Wallet at Seattle City Council
Brian Sweeney has a long list of complaints about Amazon, from the way it treats warehouse workers to the low taxes it pays and its effort to win concessions from cities to bring in jobs. So when he learned it had poured $1 million into remaking the Seattle City Council with business-friendly candidates, he pulled out his wallet too.
Read moreSeattle City Council to Take Up Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction
The Seattle City Council will introduce a bill banning natural gas in new buildings starting next year, hoping to fight global warming and meet the city’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
Read moreBaseball for All
The Seattle Mariners’ stadium, T-Mobile field, is not fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal court in Washington ruled. Seating dimensions, an elevator and bullpen and dugout access are not compliant, and further proceedings are required to determine whether there are enough accessible seats in the stadium.
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Washington Appeals Court Finds Seattle Income Tax Unconstitutional
Seattle’s income tax on wealthy residents is unconstitutional, the Washington Court of Appeals held, but left the door open for the city to impose property taxes based on income if they are uniform across tax brackets.
Read moreSeattle Hands Out Money for Voters to Give Politicians
Seattle is giving each of its voters four $25 “Democracy Vouchers” that they can give to City Council or city attorney candidates, split them among different candidates, or choose not to donate at all.
Read moreSeattle Student Among Four Killed by Falling Crane
Officials in Washington state on Monday were expected to release the identities of the four people killed when a construction crane fell from a Seattle building. The King County Medical Examiner’s office said it would release the names of the woman and three men who died Saturday afternoon when the crane crashed onto one of Seattle’s busiest streets.
Read moreMicrosoft Pledges $500 Million to Tackle Seattle Housing Crisis
Microsoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region’s widening affordability gap.
Read moreSeattle Braces for Its Worst Traffic Headache in History
A major commuter highway on downtown Seattle’s waterfront will shut down for good Friday, ushering in what officials say will be one of the most painful traffic periods in the history of the booming Pacific Northwest city.
Read moreTerrorist Bus Ad Is Protected Free Speech, Ninth Circuit Finds
A Washington county violated an anti-Muslim group’s free speech rights when it refused to run bus ads displaying the names and headshots of 16 purported terrorists, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreToo Soon to Fight Seattle Union Law, 9th Circuit Says
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a challenge to a Seattle ordinance allowing app-based drivers to unionize, agreeing the claims are not ripe.
Read moreFederal Judge Blocks Release of 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints
A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked the release of downloadable 3D-printed gun files on Tuesday, less than a day before they were to be released online.
Read moreSeattle Bans Plastic Straws, Utensils at Restaurants, Bars
Looking for a plastic straw to sip your soda? It’s no longer allowed in Seattle bars and restaurants.
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