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Seattle mayor boosts price of city’s biggest-ever property tax proposal

Mayor Bruce Harrell  speaks at a press conference on April 2, during which he proposed a new transportation levy that would have raised  $1.35 billion over eight years. On Friday, Harrell announced a revised proposal that would raise $1.45 billion. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

At a news conference Friday, Harrell called the now-$1.45 billion proposal an "investment strategy that listens to everyone” and said he was “leading by listening.”

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