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to two businesses that opposed the head tax about what solutions they're hoping to see, now that the head tax has been repealed.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