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Mayor Hires Temporary New Comms Team; Councilmembers Tell SPD: Keep Hiring, We'll Pay for It!
1. Mayor Katie Wilson is hiring two new temporary communications staffers: Crystal Nicole Fincher—the political consultant, podcast host, and co-owner of KVRU community radio—will be Wilson’s strategic communications consultant, and Dawn S...
County's Midyear Budget Sparks Controversy Over Harm Reduction, Human Service Contracts, and Lobbyists
1. After PubliCola reported on a King County Council supplemental budget amendment that would have prohibited spending county funds on safer smoking supplies for drug users, the proposal’s sponsor, Councilmember Rod Dembowski, decided to w...
Report: Homelessness in King County Continues to Grow, with 21 Percent Increase in Unsheltered Homelessness Since 2024
Source: Point-In-Time Count executive summary, KCRHA
By Erica C. Barnett
The King County Regional Homelessness Authority released a high-level summary of its biennial “point in time count” of the county’s homeless population Tuesday, afte...
[COPY] Allegation: Civil Rights Office Director, Staff Went to Strip Club During City-Sponsored Civil Rights Trip
By Erica C. Barnett
An investigation into Seattle Office for Civil Rights director that Derrick Wheeler-Smith details allegations that Wheeler-Smith went to a strip club in Alabama during an official City of Seattle-sponsored trip to civil...
Allegation: Civil Rights Office Director, Staff Went to Strip Club During City-Sponsored Civil Rights Trip
By Erica C. Barnett
An investigation into Seattle Office for Civil Rights director that Derrick Wheeler-Smith details allegations that Wheeler-Smith went to a strip club in Alabama during an official City of Seattle-sponsored trip to civil...
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