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COVID-19The City of Seattle will end its COVID-19 emergency proclamation at the end of October to align with Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to end the statewide state of emergency on Oct. 31.
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A longtime employee of the Seattle Department of Transportation who sent a Black woman racist and threatening messages at the height of the protests over the police killing of George Floyd in 2020 is still working with the city agency. The street inspector, who is white, filed a lawsuit against the city alleging discrimination and retaliation. The city settled with the inspector earlier this year.
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King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg has asked Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall to investigate the deletion of text messages from the phones of then-Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, the fire chief and then police chief in 2020.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has nominated Gino Betts as the new civilian director of the Seattle Police Department’s Office of Police Accountability, which investigates police misconduct and recommends discipline to the police chief.
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Seattle has started building a new pedestrian bridge called “Overlook Walk” that will connect Pike Place Market to the downtown waterfront. The bridge, slated to open in 2025, will stretch above Alaskan Way, with one arm descending to a new waterfront promenade and another arm extending onto the roof of a new Seattle Aquarium pavilion. The project is part of a redevelopment of Seattle’s downtown waterfront after the 2019 removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
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Citing low wages and COVID risk, King County and the City of Seattle will grant $7 million in one-time payments to child care workers. The money comes from a $5 million allocation from the county’s Best Start for Kids levy and $2.4 million from the city’s JumpStart tax to aid child care workers. The amount of individual payments will depend on the number of qualified applicants.
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The West Seattle Bridge could finally reopen this fall after it was abruptly closed in 2020, bringing relief to the residents of Seattle’s southwest peninsula. The city's Department of Transportation said Thursday it’s planning for the week of Sept. 12 when general traffic will be allowed to flow over the mouth of the Duwamish River.
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Seattle will create a database of homeless camps and provide more than $100 million to a regional group trying to tackle the region’s ongoing crisis of people without homes. Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the plan on Tuesday.
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COVID-19King County will no longer require COVID vaccination checks to enter restaurants, bars, theaters and gyms beginning March 1. Businesses, however, will be free to impose their own vaccination requirements if they choose, but there will be no countywide requirement.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says he will issue an executive order extending the city's eviction moratoriums for residents, small businesses and nonprofits for an additional 30 days, until Feb. 14, as the pandemic continues.