Updated 4:15 p.m. Wednesday: Promising to build a world-class arena, and with it potentially lure an NBA or NHL team to Seattle, Mayor Ed Murray announced Wednesday that he has selected Oak… Read More
[Editor’s note: Bill Schrier is the former chief technology officer for the City of Seattle, working under the administrations of Mayor Greg Nickels and Mayor Mike McGinn. Schrier now works for FirstNet,… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s foundation announced a $35 million partnership Wednesday aimed at tackling the region’s ongoing homelessness crisis. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will provide… Read More
At a mayoral forum Thursday night, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said he would send a proposal to the City Council for an income tax on “high-end” households in the coming… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray addressed the Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce’s 134th annual meeting on Friday, and touched on a variety of matters of importance facing the city and his office.… Read More
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson Monday announced a “memorandum of cooperation” between the two cities to fight climate change, build more affordable housing… Read More
Three months after being designated as a TechHire community, partners involved in the Seattle-King County program have been awarded a four-year, $3.8 million grant from the Department of Labor. The grants were… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to use high-tech gunshot locators as a way to curb violence in his city. The mayor on Thursday announced plans to implement a “gunshot detection pilot… Read More
Mayor Ed Murray attempted to electrify the Climate Leadership Conference in Seattle in more ways than one on Thursday with a new transportation initiative called Drive Clean Seattle. The aim… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray today signed an executive order that instructs city departments to make their data more accessible to the public. The new open data policy was developed by city… Read More
Airbnb will voluntarily begin collecting taxes on behalf of hosts in Washington state, who are renting out spare rooms, apartments or vacation homes to visitors here. The San Francisco-based company said today… Read More
The clash between Seattle’s growth and how the city is going to handle it is coming to a head. This week, Mayor Ed Murray penned an op ed in the… Read More
Breaking News: Online travel giant Expedia just confirmed that it will be moving its headquarters from Bellevue to Seattle — a major regional shift and a coup for Seattle Mayor… Read More
Bumbershoot attendees, festival lovers or those who just like to splash around the International Fountain are about to get a dose of high-speed Internet — Seattle style. Today, Seattle Mayor… Read More
Phrases like “housing vouchers” and “senior accessibility” aren’t commonly heard at a weekend hackfest. But those words were the focus of one of Seattle’s largest open data hackathons ever — a unique event… Read More
The National League of Cities today released a report highlighting 12 cities around the nation that have implemented unique strategies to help support startups and small businesses. The report features Seattle’s… Read More
In less than three weeks, Seattle may issue a cease-and-desist letter to transportation companies like Lyft, Uber and Sidecar. Representatives from the San Francisco-based startups, taxi companies and City officials are currently in… Read More