March 18, 2025
Local News, Crime, Politics, Events & more for Auburn, WA
King County Councilmembers Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Joe McDermott are calling on former U.S. Senator Al Franken and event planners to cancel a scheduled Friday appearance…
The King County Council on Wednesday voted to support a worldwide walkout of students urging immediate action on climate change. Wednesday’s proclamation makes official King…
King County will soon have yet another line of defense against sex trafficking, thanks to a measure passed by the County Council. The council on…
King County Councilmembers Reagan Dunn and Larry Gossett introduced a motion that would provide relief to the people of the Bahamas in the wake of…
The big story next week will be the first discussion of a hotly debated new proposal from Executive Constantine and Mayor Durkan to create a regional homelessness authority. The…
Today by a unanimous vote the King County Council passed legislation that allows King County to directly access approximately $100 million in funding for affordable…
The Council will continue to debate (and possibly act on) how best to prioritize funding from the Puget Sound Taxpayer Accountability Account (PSTAA) – a roughly $318 million…
The Council will consider legislation sponsored by Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles that would waive enforcement of Metro transit fares when Metro activates its Emergency Snow Network…
The Committee of the Whole will discuss and possibly take action on how to distribute proceeds from the Puget Sound Taxpayer Accountability Account. Expected to…
The Metropolitan King County Council today confirmed the appointments of twenty community leaders to serve on a new task force that will address gender identity…
Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and two months after the end of the Civil War, African Americans living in bondage in Texas were finally…
King County continues to see unprecedented population growth and economic success. Along with this prosperity has come rising housing costs and housing supply unable to…
“Almost 400,000 signatures were presented in support of I-1000. “Those signatures represented a call, a call of the of people demanding the State Legislature act…
The King County Council has authorized the expansion of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Passed this afternoon, the legislation may extend the life of the…
Executive Constantine named Seattle Councilmember Debora Juarez to the 18-member Sound Transit board, filling the seat formerly held by Rob Johnson, who resigned from the…
They are your co-workers, friends and neighbors. They serve in the military, are in law enforcement and work in King County government. They are Muslims,…
King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer presented Dr. Tom Hughes, President of the Rotary Club of Auburn, a $500 King County educational grant to support…
