Plan to carve city council into districts likely headed for ballot

June 11, 2013, 4:58 pm

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Seattle voters will likely get a chance to consider a new way to elect the city council. Supporters of a district-elections amendment delivered 10 boxes of petitions to the city clerk, containing 46,633 signatures – more than enough to grab a place on the November ballot.

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Money Pours in From Both Sides of SeaTac Minimum Wage Fight

September 11, 2013, 4:25 pm

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Hundreds of thousands of dollars have poured into both sides of a heated controversy over a proposed minimum wage hike in the city of SeaTac. 

The state Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an appeal by Alaska Airlines and other business groups seeking to keep the living-wage ordinance off the November ballot.