Seattle Mayor Proposes $9.1B Budget with No New Taxes

Businesses, first responders react to Seattle mayor’s budget proposal

A sigh of relief came from Seattle’s business community when Mayor Katie Wilson released her first budget proposal with no new taxes.

Seattle mayor's proposed budget increases public safety spending, no new taxes

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson proposed no new business taxes in her budget plan for next year, instead closing an estimated $175 million budget gap by eliminating 143 positions, most of them vacant.   Wilson had said leading up to the release of Tuesday’s $9.1 billion budget proposal that she was considering new progressive business taxes, setting off alarm bells in the business community and warnings that job losses could follow. "I have made the …

Seattle mayor proposes balanced budget with no new taxes

Fifteen currently filled positions would be eliminated, along with a $50 million dollar reduction in general revenue fund spending.

Seattle Mayor Wilson’s first budget proposal adds cops, trims departments with no new taxes

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's budget proposal in office might surprise critics who expected a capital gains tax and cuts to police from the city's first socialist mayor.

Seattle mayor proposes $9.1B budget with no new taxes

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is proposing a roughly $9.1 billion budget for 2027 and 2028, with no new tax increases included in the proposal.

Mayor Katie Wilson proposes $9.1B Seattle budget with public safety boost, no new taxes

Mayor Katie Wilson is proposing a two year city budget that would put public safety at the center of Seattle’s spending plan, increase the Seattle Police Depart