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On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council made history. After hearing more than two hours of public comment, a majority of the council voted in favor of a law that makes Seattle the first city in the country to ban a type of discrimination that affects South Asian communities.
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Local politicians in Seattle and around King County are opting to term out instead of running for reelection. One elected official who is running talks about why.
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Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant wants to add caste to the city's anti-discrimination policy in Seattle workplaces, saying discrimination takes place based on the South Asian practice of assigning people their social status at birth.
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Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant announced she is not running for reelection and her party, Socialist Alternative, doesn’t appear to be nominating a replacement. While her brand of third-party socialism might leave the council, in her ten years in office, socialist ideas have spread in Democrat circles.
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Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, the most senior member of the Council and the city’s only elected socialist, will not seek reelection when her term expires in December. Sawant announced Thursday that she will instead form a new national labor movement.
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In cities like Seattle, redistricting can shift the balance of power between neighborhoods simply by splitting some neighborhoods up – and bringing others together.
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The mayor and city council are doubling the size of a property tax that funds Seattle parks. But how many parks does it actually go to? Turns out it's a little complicated.
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It will soon be illegal in Seattle to discriminate against people for seeking or receiving an abortion, part of the city’s efforts to preserve reproductive rights locally. On Tuesday, Seattle City Council passed a measure making it illegal to discriminate against someone based on their actual or perceived pregnancy outcome.
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COVID-19The Seattle City Council has voted to end COVID-19 hazard pay for grocery stores. The council voted 5-2 on Tuesday, with Councilmembers Lisa Herbold and Teresa Mosqueda absent, to repeal a policy passed in early 2021 which required grocery stores to pay employees an additional $4 per hour in hazard pay.
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The Seattle City Council has voted to make the city a sanctuary for abortion providers and patients, meaning Seattle police will not cooperate in arrests or investigations related to abortion bans in other states.