October 2, 2018
Seattle Weekly, Josh Kelety, October 1, 2018- The King County Council voted 6-3 to approve a secure gun storage ordinance Oct. 1 that would require all gun owners in the county to store their guns in containers such as gun cages or lock boxes. The new law requires that gun …
September 24, 2018
The Spokesman-Review, Jim Camden, September 21, 2018- The nation’s soda industry wants Washington state voters to send their local governments a message this November: When looking to boost your budgets with new taxes, stay away from soda. Initiative 1634 would ban any new local taxes on soda and all groceries, …
September 20, 2018
The Stranger, Lester Black, September 18, 2018- The soda industry is putting a massive amount of money behind an initiative that would stop Seattle’s soda tax from spreading to other cities in the state. Last week, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission, four soda companies donated a collective $5 …
September 14, 2018
Center for Media and Democracy, Rebekah Wilce, September 12, 2018- The results of Seattle’s first evaluation of its new sales tax on sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages are in: More kids and adults are drinking water, and it brought in more than $10 million in revenue for use on educational and health programs in …
September 13, 2018
My Edmonds News, Staff, September 11, 2018- In other council business Tuesday night, Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling, right, proclaimed September as National Senior Center Month. Receiving the proclamation was Edmonds Senior Center Executive Director Farrell Fleming, left. The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved an offer by two law …