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WinCo Pushes Ahead on First Seattle Store With New Permit Filings, Targets Opening Within a Year
WinCo Foods is pushing ahead on its long-stalled first Seattle store, filing new permit paperwork for the vacant former Sam's Club on Aurora...
Seattle Mayor Wilson Orders Permitting Overhaul, Launches Housing Task Force Amid Building Slowdown
Mayor Katie Wilson's Executive Order 2026-4 streamlines Seattle permitting and launches a task force as housing applications plunge.
Mayor Wilson Signs Seattle SEPA Appeals Reform Into Law, Citing Housing Affordability
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson formalized a rule change that redirects environmental appeals of major rezones away from the city's Hearing Examiner and toward...
Seattle Council Scraps Local Zoning-Appeal Process in 5-4 Vote, Easing the Path for Housing Development
A narrowly divided Seattle City Council has eliminated the city-level environmental appeal that opponents used to delay major rezones, redirecting future challenges to...
Seattle Halts New Large Data Centers With Emergency One-Year Moratorium After 369-Megawatt Wave of Proposals
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously on June 9 to freeze the siting of large data centers for one year, becoming the largest...
