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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is asking voters to turn the page on library funding with a new $410 million property tax levy that ...

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 The Seattle Public Library is installing air-conditioning at its last few ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Public Library (SPL) administrators say the damage incurred over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic to its facilities more than doubles that of a normal, non-pandemic year, totaling ...