• Rep. Shaun Scott Wants to Fight Trump Cuts with a Statewide Payroll Tax

    Scott introduced a small package of bills to make up for the cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” but the “Well Washington Fund” is the centerpiece. The payroll tax is similar to Seattle’s, which raked in more than $1 billion over its five-year existence and kept the city above water in the pandemic years.by Nathalie GrahamThe press conference on the steps of Washington’s Capitol Building was lowkey hostile. After Rep. Shaun Scott announced his bill to
  • Eddie Lin Is the New District 2 City Councilmember 

    Lin is part of a new progressive coalition at City Hall—incumbent Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Councilmember-Elect Dionne Foster, City Attorney-Elect Erika Davis, and Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson—who campaigned on similar ideals.by Micah YipFlanked by Councilmembers in a packed City Hall Tuesday afternoon, Councilmember Eddie Lin took the oath of office. 
    After a standing ovation, Lin shared how his experience growing up as a half-Chinese/Taiwanese and half-white kid shaped
  • Slog AM: Costco Sues Trump, Shirtless Man With a Gun Killed by Police, Seattle Traffic Is Getting Worse

    by Charles MudedeWhat will the weather do for us today? Rain some, keep things nice and chill with an expected high of 45, and cover our skies with low and lugubrious clouds. What more do you want? Winter is right around the corner. And I have a new and thick jacket (it feels and looks like a sleeping bag) in case temperatures drop to levels that we imagine and feel as arctic. Will it snow this year? Dream… dream, dream, dream.
    Yesterday at 1:30 pm, a man described as shirtless and &ldquo

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