Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include KCRHA’s responses. By Erica C. Barnett Clark Nuber, the firm that…
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By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Katie Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay both announced that they plan to “embed…
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The King County Department of Community and Human Services has implemented reforms to prevent fraud and waste in the $1.8 billion in annual grant funding it administers. Meanwhile, an outside audit continues looking into flagged contracts.
By Erica C. Barnett In a “corrective action plan” issued last Friday, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority laid…
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By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Katie Wilson told PubliCola she is dissatisfied with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s five-page…
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By Erica C. Barnett The King County will take up legislation from Councilmember Jorge Barón this afternoon that directs the…
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Homeless agency audit fallout, councilmembers propose no-shelter zones, delivery worker pay increases, and more Monday, April 17 After Board Meeting…
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- In the wake of an audit that revealed potential fraud and waste at King County’s Department of Community and…
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Dignitaries cut the ribbon this week on 235 low-income apartments next door to Northgate's light rail station. Phase 2 of the project, for the remaining five acres of King County Metro's land, is stuck in planning limbo.
By Erica C. Barnett Members of the PROTEC17 union, including King County employees, held a demonstration in the lobby of…
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County Assessor, Charged With Stalking, Posts Taunting Pics as Council Again Demands His Resignation
By Erica C. Barnett On Tuesday, the King County Council will take up a motion to send a letter to…
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Homelessness Authority Undergoes Forensic Audit, County Assessor Won’t Have to Wear Ankle Monitor in Stalking Case, and More News from…
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By Erica C. Barnett King County Assessor John Arthur Wilson, who was arrested and charged with stalking last year after…
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Last week, Toshiko Hasegawa and Rebecca Saldaña, the two leading candidates for King County Council’s District 2 seat, each released public safety platforms. Both are focused on reforming the criminal legal system and decreasing incarceration.
King County Metro restarted fare enforcement on its buses last spring after a five-year hiatus. But between May and December, the agency issued just eight citations for repeated non-payment, with none of those citations being resolved.
County Assessor Pleads Not Guilty to Stalking, Must Wear Ankle Monitor in Five-Year No Contact Order
By Erica C. Barnett King County Assessor John Arthur Wilson will have to wear an ankle monitor and stay 1,000…
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Wilson and Zahilay Push Forward on Housing Rivera Wants to Audit HSD, and More. By Erica C. Barnett Monday, March…
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By Erica C. Barnett In an announcement that echoed Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposal to add 500 new shelter units…
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On Tuesday, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay unveiled his "Breaking the Cycle" Initiative tackling the housing and homelessness crisis, which could include a countywide affordable housing levy that could go before voters as early as 2027.
- The city of Seattle settled last week with Seattle police officer Denise “Cookie” Bouldin, a longtime officer who sued…
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The first new RapidRide bus line in South King County in over a decade, the I Line will connect riders with some of the area's busiest transit hubs including Kent and Auburn Stations and the forthcoming South Renton Stride station. Construction is expected to extend through 2027.
To speed up transit, King County Metro is officially allowing all-door boarding on buses systemwide starting Saturday, March 28, coinciding with the spring bus service change and Sound Transit's big crosslake 2 Line launch
By Erica C. Barnett City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck’s proposed legislation to bar new detention centers in Seattle, originally introduced…
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- The state Public Employee Relations Commission ruled earlier this month that King County was not required to bargain with…
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By Erica C. Barnett Advocates for sex workers, activated by a brutal, dehumanizing presentation the King County Prosecutor’s Office…
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Getting King County on board with going to the voters for a supplementary funding source for Metro bus service has long been a goal of regional transit advocates. But making it happen this year will likely be a tall order, given the need for intense coordination between two newly elected leaders.
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