Tagged: Seattle City Council

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3:25pm

Mon April 9, 2012
Public policy

Seattle council protects public breastfeeding

The Seattle City Council has made it illegal for businesses and others to ask mothers to stop breastfeeding, to cover up or move to a different location.

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8:00am

Thu April 5, 2012
Public policy

Seattle law to protect breastfeeding moves on to final vote

Does public breastfeeding bother you?
The Associated Press

About a dozen women testified in favor yesterday of the Seattle City Council proposed rule to add protection for breastfeeding mothers.

A committee considering the new law voted 3-0 to pass it onto the full council, which will vote on the bill on Monday. The committee is expecting unanimous support of the bill.

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1:26pm

Mon November 21, 2011
Environment

Plastic bag ban back on Seattle council's agenda

The city of Seattle would like this to never again be a view for Seattle and the region.
Gwen Harlow / Flickr

"Paper or plastic?"

Seattle wants to take that choice away in order to save the environment and money. The city council is considering a ban on single-use plastic bags, because they are harmful to marine wildlife as well as to recycling machinery.

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5:35pm

Wed November 2, 2011
Seattle museum proposal

Should Bruce Lee get his own Seattle museum? Council wonders

Bruce Lee in 'Way of the Dragon.'

The Seattle City Council has unveiled a new proposal to create a museum memorializing martial arts star Bruce Lee.

In June, plans for a museum at Lee’s former residence in Hong Kong were scrapped. Now, The Lee Family Foundation has released a concept for a Seattle-based museum.

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2:45pm

Tue September 27, 2011
Education

Seattle low-income students to get high-speed Internet access

Students who qualify for the free lunch program are now eligible for reduced Internet rates through the Great Student Initiative.
Tom Woodward / flickr

The Seattle City Council voted Monday to provide high-speed Internet to low-income students for less than $10 a month. The Great Student Initiative is expected to help 16,000 of the 47,000 students in Seattle Public Schools who are on the free lunch program.

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3:30pm

Tue August 23, 2011
Public Spaces

Update: Chihuly, city break ground for exhibition at Seattle Center

Dale Chihuly mans a shovel at the ceremonial groundbreaking for a new exhibition of his artwork at the Seattle Center. Next to Chihuly is Billy O'Neill, VP of operations of Chihuly studios.
Robin Cedar / KPLU

What was once a Fun Forest will soon be “ Chihuly Garden and Glass.”

Artist Dale Chihuly officially broke ground today on a 1.5 acre exhibition space in the Seattle Center. The gallery will include a garden, bookstore and café. It’s set to open in the spring of 2012. Just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair.

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6:06pm

Wed July 13, 2011
Regulating pot

Medical marijuana measure passed to Seattle City Council

A committee has passed on a proposed ordinance to regulate the sale and distribution of medical marijuana.
Flickr

The city of Seattle is getting closer to regulating medical pot dispensaries.

The Housing, Human Services, Health and Culture Committee of the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a measure that would require the marijuana shops to comply with city building codes, zoning ordinances and fair employment laws.

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10:30am

Tue April 26, 2011
PUBLIC SPACES

Chihuly glass exhibit for Seattle Center gets OK'd by city council

Rendering of the Chihuly art-glass gallery planned for Seattle Center. The exhibit was given the green light by the Seattle City Council Tuesday night.
Studio 216 / Owen Richards Architects

[UPDATE/CORRECTION: Bumbershoot's Visual Arts Exhibits will move from the Northwest Rooms to Seattle Center Pavilion and the adjacent courtyard.]

The Space Needle’s owners get a Chihuly museum, a community radio station gets a new home and Bumbershoot’s visual art space gets, well, nobody seems to be sure.

Tuesday night, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a lease for a Dale Chihuly glass art museum at the former Fun Forest amusement park at Seattle Center.

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