Revived Community Court Will be Paired With Punitive New "High-Priority" Track for Repeat Offenders Under a new repeat offenders’ program, people with multiple misdemeanor charges could face harsher jail sentences. That includes people who steal from the same store twice.

Former SPD Chief Lands on His Feet, Sound Transit Removes Candidate's Photo from Station, More Moves at Wilson's Office Today’s Morning Fizz.

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As Council Considers Reinstating Police Hiring Bonuses, an Unreleased Draft Report Finding They Don't Work Is Timely Again A city report showed one-time bonuses have no effect on police hiring. The Harrell Administration rewrote it to say the opposite.

This Week on PubliCola: Wilson’s Budget Lands with Thud at Council, KCRHA Finds “Missing” $8 Million, RV Ban Advances, and More

Two Seattle Nice episodes this week! The first is our interview with Mayor Katie Wilson and city budget director Aly Pennucci. The second: A deep dive into proposed developer discounts with Councilmember Dionne Foster.

SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back. Officers got retroactive paychecks that were as much as $32,000 too high. If the city wants to recover the money, they have to cut a deal with the police union.

Interim Police Chief Based Complaint Against Detective on Right-Wing Characterization of Anti-Trans Initiative In his interview with a city investigator, interim Chief Sayles said he still hadn’t read the initiative and appeared unfamiliar with SPD’s policy on political speech.

Council Learns What "One-Time Funding" Means; Podcaster's Advocacy for Anti-Trans Campaign Didn't Violate Election Law, according to PDC Today's Morning Fizz.

Exclusive: Seattle Cop Used Chinese AI Smart Glasses to Film Inside SPD Facilities, Create Video for Social Media Ad After the company posted the video, SPD sent out a new directive on smart glasses and put the officer on administrative leave. The Office of Police Accountability is investigating.

On Wilson's Budget, the Council Parts Ways With Reality An early look at how the council is reacting to the mayor’s deficit-busting budget.

Mayor Wilson Rolls Out Small-C Conservative Budget that Addresses City's Structural Deficit The proposal makes real cuts to close a $175 million gap—and reflects the conflict between campaign ambitions and a budget deficit that has gone unaddressed for years.

Greater Seattle: Councilmember Foster Breaks the MHA Logjam It's @joshfeit.bsky.social's latest column for PubliCola.

Housing Fee Reduction Sought By Developers Is Back On, Thanks to Deal Brokered by Councilmember Foster A parallel process headed up by the mayor and Councilmember Lin would have put off any changes for a year or more.

Greater Seattle: Third Places Bellevue may have lower taxes, but Seattle has more of the public living rooms that make cities attractive places to live. @joshfeit.bsky.social's latest column:

This Week on PubliCola: Building a Less "Fragile" Seattle Economy, Addressing Gun Violence, and Is It Selfish to Live Alone? Plus, two podcasts and lots of other news you may have missed this week.

On this week's episode of Seattle Nice, we talked with DESC's Daniel Malone about the one-year anniversary of the group's post-overdose recovery center and the future of homelessness funding under the Trump administration's contested rules, which aim to ban programs like DESC's low-barrier housing.

Report Recommends Diversifying Seattle Economy; Wilson's Plan Would Initiate that Process, But Slowly Seattle’s lopsided economy needs a boost, a city-commissioned report argues.