head tax

Bill Radke talks to two businesses that opposed the head tax about what solutions they're hoping to see, now that the head tax has been repealed. What do…

It was called a head tax, but maybe it should have been called the Robin Hood tax.It would have taxed Seattle’s business behemoths — including Amazon,…

The city of Seattle appears to be doing an about-face on the new employee head tax on businesses. The City Council approved the tax unanimously a month…

It only took the Seattle City Council four weeks to double-back on their vote to tax big businesses in order to pay for affordable housing and…

Backers of the campaign to repeal Seattle’s “head tax” won’t say how many signatures they’ve gathered, but they’re optimistic.They have 10 more days to…

Now that the construction boom that made the city of Seattle rich is starting to decline—and putting newfound pressure on homelessness spending—it’s time…

The bloom is off the boom.That’s the message Ben Noble, director of the city’s budget office, gave Seattle City Council’s finance committee on April 30,…

Seattle’s new head tax for homelessness services was bitterly opposed by many business owners. Now some say they will ask voters to repeal it in a ballot…

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan didn't veto the head tax passed by the Seattle City Council earlier this week, but in a letter to council members last night,…

With Seattle adding tens of millions of dollars to fight homelessness, people around the city want to know: Is that money being spent effectively?Valerie…