King County Seattle City Council panel OKs zoning for big pot-growing operations Indoor pot-growing operations as large as a football field would be allowed in some Seattle industrial areas under new zoning approved Wednesday by a City Council committee. The proposed rules would prohibit large indoor farms in the industrial sanctuaries closest to the Port…
The State Inslee vetoes part of CRC funding Gov. Jay Inslee signed the $8.7 billion transportation budget (SB 5024) Monday that puts money toward maintaining state roadways and continues spending on existing big-ticket projects, but he vetoed several sections, including one that would have spent $81 million in planning money for a replacement bridge carrying Interstate 5…
King County Diversity means opportunity in Tukwila The lunch room at Tukwila Elementary School fills and, suddenly, it feels like the United Nations. White, black and every shade in between is elbow-to-elbow, eating lunch— Somali, Kenyan, Eritrean, Bosnian, Turkish, Korean, Vietnamese, Mexican, Russian, Burmese, Nepali. You need a world map to keep track. The cultural…
King County After NBA rejection, what’s next for Hansen’s Sodo properties? Now what do I do with all this property that I paid too much for? That’s a question that Chris Hansen may be asking in the aftermath of the National Basketball Association’s Wednesday decision to keep the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento. In one afternoon, Hansen went from would-be NBA team owner and…
King County Labor-backed initiative in City of SeaTac would set highest minimum wage in country at $15 an hour A local ballot initiative in the city of SeaTac would give airport workers and those in nearby hotels and car-rental companies the highest minimum wage in the country by nearly $5 an hour, the latest move…
King County Big haul for Ed Murray in mayor’s race State Sen. Ed Murray (D-43) tore up the track in fund raising for the Seattle mayor’s race after being forced to cool his heels on the sidelines for nearly four months, taking in $103,693 between the end of the regular session of the Washington Legislature…
(Daily Clips will not publish Tuesday, May 14 due to technical difficulties. Hope to be back Wednesday, May 15.) The State Special session could drag on to the bitter end Washington lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday to finish their work on a two-year state budget, but with no deal reached during their two-week interim,…
King County 8 officers, no video: Cameras were off when SPD killed Native American man In a case that has caught the attention of the federal monitor overseeing department reforms, Seattle police acknowledged Wednesday that they have no video record of a February encounter in which officers fatally shot a mentally disturbed Native American man…
(Daily Clips will not publish Thursday May 9, so that the editor can attend the monthly meeting of the 34th District Democrats, Wednesday, 7 PM, Hall at Fauntleroy. See you there.) King County Courting the Latino vote: How far is local GOP willing to go? A few months ago, Seattle’s prominent immigrant advocacy organization OneAmerica asked itself…
The State GOP commisioners forced Benton predeccessor out; county administrator quits In 2011, Clark County’s director of environmental services launched an investigation into Vegetation Management Department employees misusing county time, resources, and funds. In January 2013 that director, Kevin Gray, found himself out of a job after he filed a request for whistleblower protection under…