Seattle News, Views, and Brews

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight take a look at a new city plan to protect whistleblowers, investments in the BIPOC community, some legal concerns over a proposed Office of Economic and Revenue Forecasts, and big PAC spending in city elections, too. Plu...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight break down some upcoming short-term and long-term changes for your City Light bill, a plan to raise street parking rates, concerns around ending the grocery worker hazard pay ordinance, and a deep dive on the discipline...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight examine what's next for our state after the June 30th reopening. Plus, a look at some new affordable housing regulations, concerns from the mayor's office on some new renters' rights bills, a new approach...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the Seattle City Council's finishing touches on a $128M COVID relief spending package, the extension of the Seattle's eviction moratorium, and the signature gathering deadline ahead for the "Compas...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss a new push on the Council for emergency shelter funding, regulating independent contractors and food delivery drivers, legal questions around the Council's new tenant protection ordinances, and decriminalizi...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss a group of new bills about renter protections that has divided the Council, a possible extension of the eviction moratorium, investments in the BIPOC community, and a failed attempt at cutting the Seattle Police...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight examine how and where the city plans to spend federal COVID relief dollars, the path ahead for the Compassion Seattle charter amendment on homeless services after a court found it ready to collect signatures, and Seattle...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the Council's rent assistance plans for small businesses and nonprofits, a participatory budgeting proposal that's still unclear, an ongoing fight over police accountability and budgeting, a look at the...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the state's plans to reopen and the push for COVID vaccinations, the embattled participatory budgeting process, the search for accountability after a reversal of officer discipline from Interim Chief Adrian...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss a new Seattle City Council proposal for transportation funding, a plan from Councilmember Kshama Sawant on rent control that's very similar to a measure she presented two years ago, and Governor Jay Inslee&a...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the expected "rollback" to Phase 2 in King County as the state tries to emerge from the COVID pandemic, challenges with the City of Seattle's "shelter surge" to combat homelessness, and a...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss a "pessimistic" economic recovery ahead for the city of Seattle, a twist in the signature gathering process in the effort to recall Councilmember Kshama Sawant, some new questions about the city's...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight look at the proposed changes to the "Compassion Seattle" charter amendment proposal on homelessness services, a new "bill of rights" for tenants coming to the Council, a revision to the city's pa...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the state Supreme Court's decision to allow a recall vote against Councilmember Kshama Sawant to proceed, Mayor Jenny Durkan's proposal to aid the "Black Brilliance" participatory budgeting pl...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the Seattle City Council's debate over new renters' rights protections,  hotels used for homelessness services, a concern over COVID testing sites, election campaign updates, and more! Plus, Kevin and B...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss a new appropriation of homeless shelter funding during the COVID crisis, and the City Council's attempts to get that reimbursed by FEMA; a delay in the push to provide free legal counsel for any tenant invol...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight look at some new in-home business regulations from the Council, some mounting concerns from the SPD and Mayor's office over further police department cuts, the future of the Black Brilliance research project, the op...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callana n of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight take a close look at where some one-time transportation funding for Seattle will go, a new city plan to provide free legal counsel to tenants in eviction cases,  a sweep of homeless encampments at Denny Park, and the ta...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the CEO that turned down King County's regional homelessness authority job, a looming homeless hotel crisis, challenges ahead for the Black Brilliance research project, at-home business legislation, and some...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a midday coffee stop! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight take a look at some major changes in Seattle's transit system coming soon, as well as the continued challenges of the Black Brilliance research project on participatory budgeting. Plus, we take a deep dive on...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the challenges of sheltering the homeless during a blast of winter weather, a looming financial crisis for the Black Brilliance Research Project, the pushback from a federal judge on the Council's latest SPD...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss the city's plans to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations, a federal judge's "harsh words" for the Seattle City Council's police reform efforts, some new names in the races for Seattle mayor and...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss a revision to City energy codes, a 1,045-page report that will shape the participatory budgeting process, an unorthodox approach by the City Council on crowd control policy for the Seattle Police Department, chan...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight discuss a new measure to require "hazard pay" for grocery workers during the COVID crisis, the impact of a new U.S. President on local government, the progress of the COVID vaccine rollout in Seattle/King Count...

Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and Kevin Schofield of Seattle City Council Insight take a look at preparations for an unprecedented week of inauguration and impeachment proceedings, possible changes to the state's policies on arbitration for police officers facing discipline, ramping up local COVI...