The Seattle City Council will hold a public hearing Thursday evening on Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed $59 million a year library levy as it heads for an August vote. CHS reported here on the ...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson unveiled a $410 million library levy proposal on Tuesday. The Seattle City Council is expected to review the proposal in the coming weeks. If approved, it would move to the ...

We ask the City Council to increase the Library Levy so it covers investments in books, programs and buildings in the Seattle ...

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A year and a half ago, we told you that the Seattle Public Library had obtained a $5.5 million federal grant to pay for air conditioning at five branches, including West Seattle (Admiral). Since the ...

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Seattle Public Library card holders can now get free admission to two new museums: the Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. All it takes to ...

Downloaded any good books lately? Now you can, through the Seattle Public Library's new Digital Books program. The library last week started letting patrons borrow digitized spoken and readable books ...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and the head of The Seattle Public Library system are laying out their vision for a new $410 million library levy that’s expected to appear on the ballot this August.