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Seattle City Council advances on controversial ethics bill
The chances of the bill passing in the full council remain up in the air, as the mayor has strongly opposed the legislation ...
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Seattle's 'Middle Housing' Bill Advances After Unanimous Committee Vote
Seattle's Select Committee has approved interim HB 1110, set for a full Council vote, to diversify housing options.
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With Workers Strike Back looming, Seattle City Council to begin debate over conflict of interest changes
Seattle City Council president Sara Nelson will face off with the return of an old nemesis Thursday afternoon as her Governance, Accountability, and Economic Development Committee meets to debate ...
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To recuse or not to recuse? The Seattle City Council debates an ethics conundrum
The Seattle City Council is scheduled to debate a change to the city's ethics policy Thursday. Current rules require council ...
Seattle City Council should keep public trust, leave ethics code as is
A proposed change to the city's ethics code about disclosure of conflicts of interest will not do government any favors.
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‘Disruptive to the order of the council’ — Protest over proposed conflict of interest changes snarls Seattle City Council session
Debate over a proposed major change to the Seattle City Council’s conflict of interest rules has former District 3 representative Kshama Sawant and her socialist supporters back in City Hall ...
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Seattle police chief apologizes for response at nude beach as neighbors step up opposition to park’s use
In recent days, it has spilled into the ongoing mayor’s race, elicited a response from the district’s City Council member and forced the new chief of the Seattle Police Department, Shon Barnes ...
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The Ethics Code Showdown
Under the current iteration of the bill, a council member would file a conflict of interest disclosure with both the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC) and the city clerk, and then ...
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Seattle Councilmember Moore Proposes Overhaul of City's Ethics Code to Boost Transparency and Democracy
Seattle's Ethics Code ... of interest among city officials. "We aim to guarantee that the public is fully informed about any potential conflicts of interest," Moore told the council in a statement ...
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State lawmakers defer bill that would strip S&WB oversight from New Orleans City Council
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans City Council ... for now. Council President JP Morrell announced Thursday that the Orleans Parish delegation successfully pushed for Senate Bill 242 to be ...
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Council OKs Johnson-backed plan to let Chicago become a residential developer
The City Council has approved a plan to create a city ... why a nonprofit entity was needed and whether the city’s regular ethics and labor standards would be upheld. The heavily amended ...
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Meet the first members of Lancaster city's new ethics commission
Council will announce its selections at a public meeting. Ethics commission members must reside in the city and cannot have recent ties to political parties or the city. Any person who has been ...