Initial election results show support for Seattle social housing tax opposed by Amazon, Microsoft

Seattle voters are supporting Proposition 1A, a ballot measure that would create a new tax on big business to fund a social housing developer. Amazon and Microsoft each put $100,000 toward a competing proposition.

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