This week the City Council’s central staff delivered its first-quarter report on SPD’s staffing and response times.
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OPA Annual Report
Today the Office for Police Accountability (OPA) released its 2022 annual report.
Continue readingFinal auditor reports on soda tax
Today the Seattle City Auditor published a final set of studies on the Sweetened Beverage Tax, looking at outcomes 24 months after the tax was first imposed. According to one report, nearly all of the tax was passed through to consumers — though less so at locations near the border …
Continue readingEPA’s new plan for lower Duwamish superfund site cleanup
The EPA has published a draft plan for a $290 million cleanup of the lower Duwamish River east waterway, one of two Superfund sites in the area that is heavily contaminated with PCBs from decades of industrial pollution. Public comments will be accepted through June 27.
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