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Housing Authority considers relaxing felony conviction limits
Tue, 01/22/08
The Seattle Housing Authority is proposing to relax its criminal background criteria for certain felony convictions to shorten the waiting time for people in need of housing.
The waiting periods for crimes like burglary and homicide, which…MORE
Housing Authority considers relaxing felony conviction limits
Tue, 01/22/08
The Seattle Housing Authority is proposing to relax its criminal background criteria for certain felony convictions to shorten the waiting time for people in need of housing.
The waiting periods for crimes like burglary and homicide, which…MORE
How your legislators voted in Olympia
Tue, 01/22/08
Modifying property tax exemption provisions for veterans of the armed forces._In 2007 HB 1102 passed with full support of the House of Representatives, but did not make it out of the Senate. At the start of the 2008 session the House quickly…MORE
Adams students pass fund goal
Tue, 01/22/08
Students at Adams Elementary School collected 30 bags of coins weighing 850 pounds during the recently concluded Penny Harvest fundraiser.
They exceeded their goal of 25 coin bags. In addition to the coins, $117 in bills were brought in by…MORE
Corrections
Tue, 01/22/08
The name of the school in the bullying story in the Jan. 16 issue of the West Seattle Herald listed the school's name incorrectly. It is Westside School.
The official voter's pamphlet for a $490 million Seattle School District bond passed…MORE
What happens to Viaduct will affect all business, says Hurley
Tue, 01/22/08
Mary Hurley spent four hours poring over the manual given to each member on the Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee. She printed out the 68 pages of minutes from the first meeting Dec. 13 and the comments submitted with them.…MORE
Burien seeks smaller annexation
Tue, 01/22/08
The Burien City Council has directed its city manager to come up with a recommendation for a smaller potential annexation of North Highline that could pave the way for a compromise with the cities of Seattle, Tukwila and SeaTac.
Both…MORE
Modifying property tax exemption provisions for veterans of the armed forces
Tue, 01/22/08
In 2007 HB 1102 passed with full support of the House of Representatives, but did not make it out of the Senate. At the start of the 2008 session the House quickly passed HB 1102, again, to amend tax exemptions for military veterans. A veteran…MORE
Viaduct group meets
Tue, 01/22/08
The second meeting of the Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 in the Bertha Landes Room in City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue.
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