📢 Hundreds of parents showed up at the Seattle Public Schools board meeting this week to protest the district's plans to close as many as 21 schools. (KUOW)
After two full days of mediation, Boeing and its machinists union made little progress toward ending the machinists' ongoing labor strike. (KIRO 7)
🏠 In February, Seattle voters will consider I-137, a ballot measure that would raise taxes on big businesses to help pay for the city's new social housing program.
Voters will also have the option of supporting social housing at a lower level using existing payroll tax revenue. The City Council voted yesterday to put that alternative funding plan on the February ballot alongside I-137. (Seattle Times)
