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King County Seattle teachers OK contract; school starts Wednesday Seattle teachers approved a new two-year contract late Tuesday, ending contentious  negotiations that raised the possibility of a strike, one that would have been the first in this city in decades. The new contract was approved by voice vote at Benaroya Hall with about 1,500 of the…

(Daily Clips is taking Labor Day weekend off and will publish again the morning of Wednesday, September 4. Take some time off to celebrate the labor movement, which brought you the weekend.) King County Darvas feels the heat: Judge to reconsider decision on SeaTac minimum pay initiative A King County Superior Court judge has agreed to…

King County Seattle is No. 7 in U.S. cities for world trade Seattle gets a high No. 7 ranking in the latest list of top 25 United States cities for world trade, published this week by Global Trade magazine. But the list carries a message:  Grow, or quickly lose out to other ports. Seattle kept up…

King County Source: City attorney refused to appear at press conference with mayor A Seattle Police press briefing about habitual drunken drivers was canceled Tuesday afternoon, apparently because of the ongoing disagreement between the Seattle city attorney and other city leaders. City Attorney Pete Holmes did not want to appear with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn Tuesday afternoon,…

King County Judge: SeaTac petition for $15/hour minimum wage invalid The petition to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour in SeaTac was halted Monday when a King County Superior Court judge ruled that it did not have the adequate number of signatures to be on the general election ballot in November, according to…

King County Westneat: The Seattle Times does not have it in for McGinn Can I at least try to put to rest this idea that McGinn is under some orchestrated attack? In my nearly 10 years writing a column here, neither the publisher, Frank Blethen, nor any other boss has ever requested that I write on anything…

King County Big money flowing in SeaTac minimum wage fight A proposal to raise the wages of workers in and around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has drawn national attention — and big cash is starting to follow. Just 11,852 registered voters in the city of SeaTac are eligible to vote Nov. 5 on an initiative that sets a $15-hour minimum…

(Technical problems are preventing updates of Daily Clips for Tuesday, August 20. Daily Clips hopes to resume publication Friday, August 23. The editor will be attending the KCDCC meeting Tuesday night and the 41st District appointment meeting Wednesday night.) King County Hansen’s secrecy might cool Council on arena So it turns out that Sonics’ white…

(Daily Clips will be taking next week off. The editor is otherwise occupied.) King County Reichert, with newly drawn district, backs immigration reform, hints once again at run for statewide office Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA-8), with a newly redrawn district that spans the “Cascade Curtain,” has become the state’s first Republican member of Congress to…

King County It’s McGinn and Murray; things could get ugly Good morning, Seattle, you got a real mayor’s race on your hands now. Ed Murray, longtime lawmaker, bird-watching hobbyist, and a gay-rights champion dating back to his days as a Bobby Kennedy campaign volunteer, is headed for an autumnal showdown with Mayor Mike McGinn. It should be…