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Council Member Tanya Woo Advised to Recuse Herself from Gig Worker Minimum Wage Vote

20-05-2024 19:45 via thestranger.com

The Ethics Commission thinks her father-in-law's restaurant could directly benefit if the ordinance passes.by Hannah KriegCouncil Member Tanya Woo is “asking for a second opinion” after Executive Director of Seattle Ethics and Elections Wayne Barnett advised her to recuse herself from an upcoming vote on a rollback of the minimum wage for gig workers known as “Pay Up.”
As one of the most business-friendly members on the council, Woo’s recusal would complicate

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Pressing On

20-05-2024 19:36 via thestranger.com

When book distributor Small Press Distribution closed suddenly in March, Seattle's Asterism Books stepped in to help.by Josh FomonSeattle prides itself as a bookish, well-read city with a storied literary heritage of Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning writers and publishers. Seattle’s literary culture is so vibrant and rich that it earned the city a UNESCO Creative City of Literature designation in 2017. But this April, Seattle’s role in North America’s small press publi

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The Top 39 Events in Seattle This Week: May 20–27, 2024

20-05-2024 19:00 via everout.com

girl in red, Northwest Folklife Festival, and More Top Picksby EverOut StaffWe're supplying our top picks all the way through to Memorial Day, so read on for details on events from girl in red to Billy Joel and from Miranda July with Laurie Frankel to the Northwest Folklife Festival.
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Cookbook Dinner Series at Delancey: Rooted Kitchen, Ashley Rodriguez
Perhaps you've picked up a copy of the cult favorite mushroom field guide All That the Rain Promises and More or spo

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Shrinking Levy Transit Funding Won’t Help Seattle Reach Its Climate Goals

20-05-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com

Freeing Buses from Traffic Gridlock Would Be Money Well Spentby Ethan C. CampbellAs a researcher studying the polar oceans, my colleagues and I watched with trepidation as the past seven years brought low after record low in the sea ice ringing Antarctica. Recent studies conclude that our planet’s powerful freezer is defrosting–or, in technical terms, experiencing a ‘regime shift’–one of many harbingers of a destabilizing climate system.
In the Pacific Northwest, th

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Slog AM: Iran President Killed in Helicopter Crash, ICC Files Arrest Warrant for Israel and Hamas Leaders, RIP Red Lobster

20-05-2024 17:32 via thestranger.com

The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamIran's president dies in helicopter crash: On Sunday, Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, and all of their bodyguards were killed. The first reports stated the helicopter "went missing." Then, after hours of looking, searchers found the wreckage. Raisi, the president, was a "hard-line" kinda guy, someone who oversaw mass executions in 1988 and who supported

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