SNOHOMISH — In the coming weeks, city leaders will explore making Snohomish a sanctuary city for unauthorized immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community.
Midtown to be Council topic April 20
MONROE — A statewide insurance pool that insures abut 160 cities, fire districts, and 911 centers had paid more than $275,000 so far to the attorneys defending Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue in a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by eight unvaccinated firefighters. The case initiated in 2022 has gone through U.S. District Court and the decision is now being appealed to the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Public defenders need to be juggling fewer cases per year, says the state’s bar association. The state court system is considering it. It could frame up a conflict of priorities, though. Indigent defense is taxpayer-paid out of local government budgets, and they’re already strapped.
A public hearing on the merits of a proposed 111--house subdivision
The Everett Housing Authority will provide updates on the Baker Heights project at a meeting Tuesday, March 23 starting at 6 p.m. online.
House Bill 1203 would require cities to create a citizen oversight board that can look into and reshape how a local Police Department operates.
By a 4-3 council vote, the city will use mandatory project labor agreements on major city projects above $5 million
The 103-year-old gazebo at Clark Park will be removed because of safety concerns at the park, Mayor Cassie Franklin made public late last month.
Insiders say telecom company may seek bankruptcy
Giving a second try, the nonprofit Housing Hope last month introduced a revised site plan to put an affordable housing complex on three acres of the Norton Playfield at 36th Street and Norton Avenue.
EVERETT — The city Historical Commission held off granting a certificate authorizing the alteration of Clark Park to remove its historic gazebo.
EVERETT — It’s possible the resource center Hope ‘N Wellness will be granted use of a space at the Catholic Church north of downtown’s core. Relocating would ease City Hall’s pressure on it to move.
Two emerging camps among City Council members again had a split vote, this time on who would lead as council president for 2023.
County’s Prop. 1 asks for 0.2¢ sales tax for safety
A state airports committee is suggesting to either greatly grow services at Everett’s Paine Field
The Everett Station District Alliance has revived its proposal
EVERETT - The City Council this week will begin deliberations to approve a plan to remove and store the Clark Park gazebo and install a dog park. A final vote is June 5.
From those employed within the Department of Corrections to state social workers to road construction crews to multiple other branches of government
Mayor Geoffrey Thomas's proposed $198 million 2023-2024 two-year budget adds staff and continues progress on plans framed by the city's six-prong "Imagine Monroe" vision that focuses on people.
