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(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s plan to build more homeless units before the World Cup begins in Seattle may be difficult to achieve, a City Council staff memo says. While Wilson’s goal was to have 500 units operational by June 1, legislative analysts note that it may not be feasible. “However, it is not at all clear that passage of this legislation would result in 500 new units of shelter by June
(The Center Square) – Two months after Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal told The Center Square he would meet with two female athletes who’ve become the face of the effort to protects girls’ sports in Washington, Reykdal made good on that promise and met with the young women and their parents on Wednesday. As previously reported by The Center Square, Reykdal has refused to comply with federal directives from the Trump administration to
(The Center Square) – Starbucks is closing five stores in Seattle in the latest round of shuttered coffee shops, according to a file submitted to Washington state officials. The new shutdowns come after the company closed 30 stores in Washington State in 2025, including 10 in Seattle, as part of a 1% reduction in Starbucks stores nationwide aimed at rooting out underperforming locations. Starbucks said in its new filing with the Washington Department of Employment
(The Center Square) – Sheriffs and police chiefs across Washington state are turning off their agencies’ automatic license plate readers in response to a new law, leaving costly public investments sitting idle. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 6002 on Monday, which immediately required law enforcement agencies to implement new guidelines in their ALPR systems. Democrats passed the law to stop federal immigration authorities from accessing the data and to rein in an expanding surveillance
