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- Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson unveiled a $9.1 billion 2027 budget that adds no new taxes.
- The plan relies on roughly $50 million in annual cuts to offset a $175 million general-fund deficit.
- It eliminates 128 city jobs while increasing the number of police officers.
- Wilson warned that raising JumpStart payroll tax revenue now would jeopardize the fragile downtown economy.
- She launched a Resilient Seattle Economy Task Force to report findings in one year.