King County Feds probing Seattle schools’ treatment of black students The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Seattle Public Schools discriminates against African Americans by disciplining them “more frequently and more harshly than similarly situated white students,” department spokesman Jim Bradshaw said Tuesday. The “compliance review” began in May but didn’t become public knowledge…
King County Council to Seattle employees: Eat baby carrots and celery sticks The Seattle City Council voted Monday to require that at least 50 percent of all food sold from vending machines on city property be “Healthier” or “Healthiest” food selections under vending guidelines set down by Public Health of Seattle and King County. “This is…
King County EPA proposes massive cleanup of Duwamish Waterway; environmental group says plan falls short The proposed plan calls for cleanup of the most contaminated sediment and would reduce PCB contamination in the Duwamish River by at least 90 percent in conjunction with cleanups already underway at early action sites. The plan also includes an…
The State Reactions to Supreme Court decision rendering I-1053, I-1185 unconstitutional The Republican-oriented majority in the Senate says it has a plan to keep tax hikes on supermajority lockdown — despite Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling. Coalition leaders, who control which bills are brought to a full Senate vote, say they won’t allow any tax bills go…
Breaking UNCONSTITUTIONAL! State Supreme Court invalidates Eyman’s I-1053 (and, by extension, I-1185?) In a landmark ruling 20 years in the making, the Washington State Supreme Court this morning struck down Initiative 1053 as unconstitutional. The court majority said the constitution controls the majority needed for tax hikes and the constitution requires only a majority of…
Daily Clips will not publish Wednesday, February 27 so that the editor can attend the monthly meeting of the King County Democratic Central Committee. See you there. King County Many questions, some answers, in SPD’s first West Seattle briefing on surveillance cameras One month after Seattle Police-managed, Homeland Security-funded surveillance cameras were installed, unannounced, along Alki, SPD reps…
King County A light weekend for King County-specific government and political hard news, but two veteran local columnists sure had plenty to say: Dems keep shooting themselves in foot Westneat How can legislators keep introducing a bill they don’t support? Because not only are they sometimes not reading their bills. They aren’t writing them, either….
King County A light weekend for King County-specific government and political hard news, but two veteran local columnists sure had plenty to say: Dems keep shooting themselves in foot How can legislators keep introducing a bill they don’t support? Because not only are they sometimes not reading their bills. They aren’t writing them, either. Lobbyists…
King County Seattle Districts Now kicks off its signature-gathering campaign Wednesday night, in the basement of the Rainier Valley Cultural Center, a passel of neighborhood activists gathered at tables to coordinate and celebrate the beginning of the Seattle Districts Now signature-gathering campaign. Their goal: 30,943 valid signatures in the next six months, which will ensure their amendment…
King County Cops: “We’re not spying” Residents: “We don’t believe you” A healthy crowd of Alki residents packed Wednesday’s Seattle City Council Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology committee meeting to voice their concerns about 30 surveillance cameras recently erected along Seattle’s waterways—most notably Alki beach. The cameras, purchased through a $5 million federal homeland security grant…