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Seattle has a dearth of monuments to women

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Among hundreds of pieces of public art in Seattle, you'll find few depicting real-life women from any point in history.
What's happening: The City of Seattle's civic art collection, which includes more than 400 permanent installations, contains only one outdoor monument honoring a female historical figure.
Seattle had an unusually dry winter
Seattle got 13 inches of precipitation this past winter — about 2 inches fewer than average.
- That's according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Injury crashes fell after city lowered speed limits, study finds

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Crashes on Seattle streets were less likely to cause injuries after the city lowered speed limits, a new study shows.
Why it matters: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's new study of Seattle's program is one of the first to examine the effect of lower limits on injury rates in a large, populous U.S. city. An earlier IIHS study showed that lowering speed limits in Boston resulted in less speeding.
This week in history: The Kingdome's rise and fall

The Kingdome's demise on March 26, 2000. Photo: Robert Sorbo/Sygma via Getty Images
This week marks two major anniversaries for the former Kingdome: the day it opened, and the day it was demolished.
March 27, 1976: The new domed stadium in SODO opened to a crowd of 54,000 people. Opening festivities included square dancing, barbershop singing and logrolling, according to HistoryLink.org.
Sea-Tac's December performance was among nation's worst
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had one of the worst rates of on-time flights in the country in December, even as other airports were more deeply affected by Southwest Airlines' epic meltdown.
By the numbers: Only 61.7% of domestic flights departed Sea-Tac on time in December 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Seattle's caste discrimination law goes live

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Seattle becomes the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to prohibit caste discrimination with legislation that goes into effect Monday.
Why it matters: While the ordinance directly impacts discrimination in housing, employment and public places in Seattle only, other jurisdictions with large South Asian workforces may follow suit, according to a legal analysis of the new law.
Washington state's capital gains tax upheld

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Washington's highest court upheld the state's capital gains tax in a much-anticipated ruling Friday.
Yes, but: The decision didn't give progressives something some have long sought: carte blanche to enact a graduated income tax targeting the wealthy.
Seattle still struggles with disability access

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March is Disability Awareness Month, but full access in Seattle for people with mobility and other challenges remains an ongoing issue.
Driving the news: More than 30 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act became federal law, disability access remains among Seattle's least championed civil rights, advocates say.

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