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13th of December 2016

Seattle City Council Rent-Control Runaround

The Seattle City Council continues its streak of government-intrusive policies, on Monday unanimously passing restrictions on how much landlords can charge tenants for move-in costs. You can read all about it in The Seattle Times: It’s not rent control, which state law prohibits Seattle from enacting. But City Councilmember Kshama Sawant thinks this ordinance is the […]


29th of October 2015

InFocus podcast: Traffic congestion, organic farming, Ex-Im Bank, and another rent-control proposal


23rd of September 2015

InFocus podcast: Rent control, WA wine industry, state revenue & employment reports, and charter schools