(The Center Square) – The Everett City Council approved a plan on Wednesday that will cost taxpayers another $10.6 million for design work for a new baseball park for the Aquasox, a minor league affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. With the latest contribution, the city will have contributed more than $17 million, but potential cost overruns could add another $25 million to the $120 million downtown project. The city will also need to float around
(The Center Square) – A Thurston County Superior Court judge has granted a motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent SB 5974, the new sheriff decertification law from taking effect on Thursday, April 30. Judge Christine Schaller heard arguments from the plaintiff’s attorney, Mark Lamb, representing four eastern Washington sheriffs seeking to block the law from being implemented at midnight, and from Washington Solicitor General Noah Purcell from the office of Attorney General. The decision
(The Center Square) – The city of Spokane’s elected officials could receive another salary increase next year, despite back-to-back multi-million-dollar deficits, which some leaders expect to continue in 2027. The Salary Review Commission meets in even-numbered years to decide whether to provide raises to the mayor and the Spokane City Council. The last time it did so was in 2024, when three commissioners approved salary increases following a flip-flop vote that another member has claimed
(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson says more schoolchildren will get taxpayer-funded public school meals, and parents will have more daycare options, part of a plan to make one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. more affordable. But while Wilson’s administration helped finalize priorities for the new initiatives announced Tuesday, the general guidelines for those programs were actually set by the $1.3 billion Families, Education, Preschool and Promise levy approved by
