The Bellevue Chamber’s Policy Council has formally urged the City Council to adopt Ordinance #25-588, which would establish mandatory minimum sentences for repeat theft offenses. The Council’s position reflects the business community’s need for stronger deterrence, predictable enforcement, and safer Continue Reading
Bellevue's city council advances a measure to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days for adults convicted of misdemeanor theft three times in the past 24 months. Continue Reading
The very first revenue forecast of the 2025–27 biennium shows Washington’s budget deep in the red, by close to half a billion dollars. Continue Reading
The Bellevue Chamber joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and dozens of business organizations across the nation to urge Congress to take meaningful, bipartisan action to pass comprehensive permitting reform. Read the letter below. Continue Reading
The VIBe Survey (Voter Insights Bellevue) is a new annual initiative from the Bellevue Chamber, designed to track local voter sentiment on the most important issues facing the city. Continue Reading
The results from yesterday's Primary election are trickling in ... see the results so far below! Continue Reading
It’s Election time, Eastside — get the rundown of the pro-business, Eastside-Business-Alliance-endorsed candidates running in our local races. The EBA is the independent, non-partisan, political action arm of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce. Continue Reading
Our Policy Council had micromobility on the mind before the Bellevue City Council’s most recent meeting, ultimately advocating for increased options for transportation methods like scooters. Continue Reading
For those of you normal folk who don’t speak in alphabet soup: The City of Bellevue’s Planning Commission is reassessing its Critical Areas Ordinance, with our crew submitting the following letter: Continue Reading
As it stands, developing new projects in Bel-Red is challenging — both due to the current code restrictions in the neighborhood, as well as the general permitting landscape in Bellevue — so we hope these tours spur further discourse among the City Council. Continue Reading
The Bellevue Chamber’s PLUSH (Permitting, Land Use, Sustainability and Housing) Committee recently submitted the following letter to the Bellevue City Council regarding our support for Ordinance No. 6853, which would extend the life of certain building permit applications and issued permits. Continue Reading
We don’t usually open with tax policy, but with a major change on the table in Seattle and business leaders across the region asking what it means, we figured it was time for a quick breakdown. Continue Reading
