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This Week in Seattle: Mayoral race heats up with income tax proposals and new contenders

This week in Seattle: The mayoral race heats up; Scoop partners with the city to promote carpooling; Earth Day celebrations… Read More

Former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn announces re-election bid, says he’ll push corporations to ‘pay their fair share’

If Mike McGinn is elected as mayor of Seattle again, he plans to ask big companies to help “pay for the… Read More

Former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn to challenge incumbent Ed Murray

Mike McGinn, who served as mayor of Seattle from 2010 to 2013, is running for re-election. He announced his candidacy with… Read More

Seattle mayor explains why he abandoned the property tax levy to fight homelessness championed by investor Nick Hanauer

Earlier this week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced he was pulling the plug on a proposed property tax levy that… Read More

$275M Seattle property tax levy to fight homelessness pulled in favor of countywide sales tax measure

Seattle is pulling the plug on the $275 million property tax levy to tackle the city’s homelessness problem in favor of… Read More

The Year in Tech: The most important Seattle tech stories of 2015, as picked by GeekWire’s editors

When it comes to the Seattle tech stories that mattered in 2015 — major developments that will have a lasting… Read More

Ed Murray at Startupday 2015

Seattle mayor objects to Uber union legislation, declines to sign bill and asks for changes

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray declined to sign a new law the City Council unanimously approved on Monday that will give Uber, Lyft, taxi, and other… Read More

Seattle officials debate $5M proposal to test municipal broadband network

The Seattle City Council is debating behind closed doors this week over whether to move forward with a pilot program that would… Read More

Ed Murray at Startupday 2015

Seattle mayor wants funding for police body cameras, chief privacy officer, bike-share program

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to use city funds for a handful of technology-related projects. Murray unveiled his 2016 budget proposal today… Read More

City of Seattle takes cues from indie app with new site for tracking big real estate projects

The City of Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development released a new online feature this week called “Shaping Seattle: Buildings” —… Read More

The future of police video: Inside the Seattle PD’s workshop on wearable cameras

You have a serious car accident. The Seattle Police arrive and investigate. They issue a citation and write a report.… Read More

Gigabit Internet access for $45 a month: How Seattle could make it happen

There is a way for Seattle’s residents to give themselves gigabit Internet service for $45/month. But as with most things in the world of telecom,… Read More

Seattle officials: Municipal broadband too risky and expensive for city to build alone

A long-awaited study says building a municipal gigabit fiber network in Seattle would cost $480 million to $665 million — less… Read More

Google funds new lendable WiFi hotspot devices for Seattle Public Library

As a way to help expand access to broadband Internet, Seattle Public Library branches will now offer lendable mobile hotspots thanks to… Read More

Ed Murray at Startupday 2015

Mayor Ed Murray explains why Seattle is perfect for startups, entrepreneurs

Seattle is already a world-renowned technology and innovation hub. But Mayor Ed Murray wants more. Murray opened up GeekWire Startup… Read More

Seattle mayor wants to amend rule that’s restricting companies from building high-speed fiber networks

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is getting serious about helping his constituents access faster Internet. In a press conference today announcing… Read More

Full text: How Uber and Lyft struck a deal in Seattle

The City of Seattle this morning released the full outline of the agreement that paves the way for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar… Read More

Cable TV providers slip in Seattle tech survey, as satisfaction and users decline

Seattle residents don’t always agree on things, to say the least, but they are increasingly united in their sentiments about the… Read More

Seattle will issue cease-and-desist to ride-sharing companies if deal can’t be reached

Seattle will issue a ceast-and-desist letter to app-based transportation startups like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar if an agreement between the companies,… Read More

Seattle Mayor: ‘We should not allow our Internet access to be managed by a private monopoly’

Seattle citizens need better and more affordable Internet. That’s the vibe from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s blog post this morning,… Read More

Take this survey and tell the City of Seattle what you think of Comcast

The City of Seattle is getting ready to renegotiate its franchise contract with Comcast, the largest cable TV and high-speed… Read More

Seattle mayor prefers publicly-funded Internet utility, wants to ‘evaluate relationship with Comcast’

Seattle was left with no fiber Internet late last year after the city’s private partner, Gigabit Squared, failed to raise adequate funding… Read More

New Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to have a ‘more robust’ partnership with startups

Former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn did his best to create ways for the city to support the local startup ecosystem. His… Read More

Seattle floats new ridesharing rules: 300 driver permits; 75 additional taxi licenses

A new ordinance from Seattle’s City Council Committee for Taxi, For-hire, and Limousine Regulations proposes to cap the number of Lyft,… Read More

Seattle, Denver mayors make tasty Super Bowl bet on Colbert Report

If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, a Lombardi Trophy isn’t the only thing Seattle will come home with. Denver… Read More

Ed Murray: ‘To infer that I’m some hack for Comcast doesn’t bear out the facts’

Ed Murray doesn’t understand why his opponent in Tuesday’s mayoral election is accusing him of being “Comcast’s candidate.” A report… Read More

Murray voices support for Gigabit Internet, as McGinn calls Seattle mayoral rival ‘Comcast’s candidate’

State Sen. Ed Murray, running against incumbent Mike McGinn for Seattle mayor, says he supports a plan to bring alternative… Read More

Broadband politics: Comcast backs Murray vs. McGinn in mayor’s race as Seattle preps for Gigabit Internet

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, answering questions from Reddit users in a recent Ask-Me-Anything session, was asked what would happen to Gigabit Squared’s planned high-speed… Read More

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