Mayor Katie Wilson, Seattle’s first renter mayor in recent memory, just announced legislation to combat the pesky “junk” fees landlords tack onto Seattle tenants’ already exorbitant rents. After seven months of testing the patience of her progressive base, this is exactly the kind of legislation supporters turned skeptics have been waiting for since she first inspired them during her insurgent campaign last year. But before lefties lift Wilson onto their shoulders and chant h

To the surprise of some of her critics, Mayor Katie Wilson followed through on her promise to shut off Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) cameras the City recently installed around the stadium after Seattle wrapped its hosting duties for the FIFA World Cup. Additionally, she reaffirmed that the cameras around the stadium will remain off and no new cameras will go live until the City has reviewed the recommendations of an ongoing audit. “I believe

The political action committee that helped defeat an anti-Zionist Jewish candidate as its very first electoral interventions has now set its sights on another outspoken supporter of Palestine — prominent Muslim civil rights leader Imraan Siddiqi, who is seeking a seat in the State House in Olympia. The PAC also plans to defend a Jewish State Senator in the same district, a move more closely in line with the group’s state goal to “support the interests of the Jewish community