This week in Seattle: The mayoral race heats up; Scoop partners with the city to promote carpooling; Earth Day celebrations kick off; and Gov. Inslee calls for a special session.… Read More
If Mike McGinn is elected as mayor of Seattle again, he plans to ask big companies to help “pay for the impacts that their growth has on our city.” That’s what… Read More
Mike McGinn, who served as mayor of Seattle from 2010 to 2013, is running for re-election. He announced his candidacy with a tweet this morning. pic.twitter.com/xMfUxdYiMO — Mike McGinn (@mayormcginn) April… Read More
Earlier this week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced he was pulling the plug on a proposed property tax levy that would raise $275 million to alleviate Seattle’s homelessness problem. He… Read More
Seattle is pulling the plug on the $275 million property tax levy to tackle the city’s homelessness problem in favor of a King County sales tax measure to deal with the… Read More
When it comes to the Seattle tech stories that mattered in 2015 — major developments that will have a lasting impact on our region and the world — a few… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray declined to sign a new law the City Council unanimously approved on Monday that will give Uber, Lyft, taxi, and other for-hire drivers the right to unionize. In a statement, the Seattle… Read More
The Seattle City Council is debating behind closed doors this week over whether to move forward with a pilot program that would bring municipal broadband to part of the city’s North Beacon Hill neighborhood.… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to use city funds for a handful of technology-related projects. Murray unveiled his 2016 budget proposal today at City Hall and it includes funding for the city’s… Read More
The City of Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development released a new online feature this week called “Shaping Seattle: Buildings” — allowing users to click on various points on a map… Read More
You have a serious car accident. The Seattle Police arrive and investigate. They issue a citation and write a report. The officers are wearing body-worn video cameras and their cars… Read More
There is a way for Seattle’s residents to give themselves gigabit Internet service for $45/month. But as with most things in the world of telecom, there’s also a catch. The approach would require voters to approve… Read More
A long-awaited study says building a municipal gigabit fiber network in Seattle would cost $480 million to $665 million — less than past projections, but still too much for the city to… Read More
As a way to help expand access to broadband Internet, Seattle Public Library branches will now offer lendable mobile hotspots thanks to grants from Google and Google.org. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced… Read More
Seattle is already a world-renowned technology and innovation hub. But Mayor Ed Murray wants more. Murray opened up GeekWire Startup Day 2015 by talking about what separates his city from others… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is getting serious about helping his constituents access faster Internet. In a press conference today announcing CenturyLink’s new gigabit Internet offering in Seattle, Murray said that… Read More
The City of Seattle this morning released the full outline of the agreement that paves the way for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and other app-based transportation networks to continue operating in Seattle… Read More
Seattle residents don’t always agree on things, to say the least, but they are increasingly united in their sentiments about the city’s incumbent cable TV providers — with many preparing to drop… Read More
Seattle will issue a ceast-and-desist letter to app-based transportation startups like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar if an agreement between the companies, taxi drivers and city leaders cannot be made by the… Read More
Seattle citizens need better and more affordable Internet. That’s the vibe from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s blog post this morning, in which he vows to improve Internet options and performance… Read More
The City of Seattle is getting ready to renegotiate its franchise contract with Comcast, the largest cable TV and high-speed Internet provider in town. So in preparation of the expiration… Read More
Seattle was left with no fiber Internet late last year after the city’s private partner, Gigabit Squared, failed to raise adequate funding for a much-anticipated high-speed network and instead left an unpaid bill… Read More
Former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn did his best to create ways for the city to support the local startup ecosystem. His successor, however, wants to take it up a notch. Seattle… Read More
A new ordinance from Seattle’s City Council Committee for Taxi, For-hire, and Limousine Regulations proposes to cap the number of Lyft, Sidecar and UberX drivers while increasing the number of taxicabs… Read More
If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, a Lombardi Trophy isn’t the only thing Seattle will come home with. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray made the… Read More
Ed Murray doesn’t understand why his opponent in Tuesday’s mayoral election is accusing him of being “Comcast’s candidate.” A report by the Washington Post published Thursday suggested that Comcast, along with other… Read More
State Sen. Ed Murray, running against incumbent Mike McGinn for Seattle mayor, says he supports a plan to bring alternative high-speed Internet to Seattle — countering McGinn’s attempts to label… Read More
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, answering questions from Reddit users in a recent Ask-Me-Anything session, was asked what would happen to Gigabit Squared’s planned high-speed fiber network in Seattle if he loses to challenger Ed Murray.… Read More