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New Sound Transit Line opens but future lines are short funding

(The Center Square) – Seattle’s long delayed light rail link with the Eastside communities of Bellevue and Redmond opens on Saturday, part of an ambitious plan to build mass transit throughout the Puget Sound that is becoming more difficult to achieve because of funding shortfalls. While the rail link is three years late, other part of the estimated $180 billion system, may never get built because the transit system is nearly $35 billion short of

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WATCH: We Heart Seattle ousted from tiny house village after exposing drug use video

(The Center Square) – A few days after a video that went viral was posted on X showing a taxpayer-funded tiny house in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood being used as a safe house for drug use, the operators of the village have kicked out the nonprofit founder who helped to expose the situation. The video, posted by We Heart Seattle Founder Andrea Suarez shows a resident of the Interbay Village Tiny Home Community showing Suarez around

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WATCH: WA retirees with small state pensions can soon choose lump-sum payment

(The Center Square) – A bit of help is on the way for thousands of Washington retirees, who currently receive small monthly distributions. This week Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 2124, sponsored by Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, to modernize how small pension benefits are paid out. “As we’re looking at this affordability crisis that we’re in, with the cost, groceries, rent, insurance, healthcare, childcare, you name it everything is through the roof, with some

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Mayor Wilson says ICE Agents won’t likely conduct raids at World Cup

(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Kate Wilson told representatives of the city’s tourism community Thursday that federal Department of Homeland Security agents will be at The World Cup, but she doesn’t believe there will be a focus on making arrests. “The Department of Homeland Security’s presence at designated mega events is typically focused on critical security operations,” she said. “So scanning vehicles and cargo for weapons, explosives, and contraband, combating human trafficking and intellectual

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