21+ hour ago  (539+ words) Towey attended the council meeting without KCRHA CEO Kelly Kinnison, who was on a family vacation. Committee vice-chair Claudia Balducci expressed incredulity that King County may be expected to pay KCRHA additional money, on top of its regular funding and…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (563+ words) Morning Fizz: Wilson Backs Down on Tenant Protection Rollbacks Fire Department Funding Plan Fizzles Privacy Advocates Push Back on Surveillance During World Cup Three stories in this week's first Morning Fizz. First up: Mayor Katie Wilson, who had been considering…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (313+ words) Publi Cola is supported entirely by readers like you. CLICK BELOW to become a one-time or monthly contributor. As we reported, employees said Wheeler-Smith was dismissive about LGBTQ+ civil rights, directing staff to remove pro-LGBTQ+ imagery from internal staff publications…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (278+ words) 1. Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes, responding to a question from Publi Cola, said the police department does not plan to slow down hiring, despite a city council presentation this week that concluded, "SPD may need to slow hiring to live…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (479+ words) Wilson's office announced the changes to staff" at a meeting Thursday morning. An internal announcement from Wilson said that Day is "stepping back from her day-to-day duties as Communications Director to focus on her health." Wilson's office has not hired…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (362+ words) Editor's note: This post has been updated to include KCRHA's responses. Clark Nuber, the firm that conducted a damning forensic evaluation of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority in April, has responded to the agency's "corrective action plan" (or CAP)…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (333+ words) Publi Cola is supported entirely by readers like you. CLICK BELOW to become a one-time or monthly contributor. The council's governance and utilities committee, which Hollingsworth chairs, will take up the utility discount legislation at its meeting on Thursday. By…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (273+ words) Mayor Katie Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay both announced that they plan to "embed an independent financial analyst" in the agency, as a statement from Wilson put it yesterday. According to Zahilay's announcement, "This analyst will provide more…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (272+ words) FOX 13 anchor Han Kim interviewed Wilson last night at an event sponsored by City Club Seattle, hitting the mayor repeatedly with bad-faith questions such as "why should we increase the sales tax for transit when so many bus seat are…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (264+ words) By Erica C. Barnett In other words: Putting gates between riders and train make it less likely that people will board for free and argue with fare enforcement officers when they get caught. According to a staff presentation, the pilot stations…...