The city estimates it needs about $6 billion for maintenance and new construction. Seattle City Light needs more. But one of the most dramatic examples is a landmark.

A property tax levy to fund the Seattle's public library system over the next seven years has passed with overwhelming support.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Seattle City Council committee has voted to expand Mayor Wilson's proposed library levy, raising it from $410 million to nearly ...

Seattle voters will decide in August whether to renew funding for the Seattle Public Library through a proposed 2026 library levy, a measure library leaders say is critical to maintaining aging ...

The West Seattle library is temporarily closing as air conditioning is installed. Photo courtesy of Seattle Public Library ...

A sign on an entrance to the Broadview branch of Seattle Public Library after a cybersecurity incident in May. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) In its latest update about the ransomware attack that ...

Hans Teuter of Seattle holds a stack of books he was checking out — without computer help — for himself and his mother at Seattle Public Library’s Broadview branch on Wednesday. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt ...

A computer at the Seattle Public Library's central branch on June 5, 2024. A cyberattack on May 25 took out most of the library's digital systems. At the flagship Central branch of the Seattle Public ...

Last year, the Seattle Public Library (SPL) hired mega-corporate-brand-strategist Hornall Anderson (GE, Starbucks, Frito-Lay) to lead a rebranding process. Ho-hum, right? Libraries are regularly ...

A Seattle City Council committee has voted to expand Mayor Wilson’s proposed library levy, raising it from $410 million to nearly $480 million. Despite voting for the measure, Select Committee on the ...