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Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Patricia Murphy with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Tuesday,

November 12. Boeing machinists are back at work today. They voted last week to end the 53-day strike.

Meanwhile, thousands of Boeing workers are waiting to receive layoff notices. The Seattle Times reports that employees will find out tomorrow.

The company announced last month it was going to lay off 10% of its workforce or approximately 17,000 workers.

According to the Times, layoffs will be spread throughout the company and could include engineers and production workers.

Seattle City Councilmember Kathy Moore presented her plan for a local 2% capital gains tax.

Joshua McNichols reports Moore's plan is a baby version of the 7% tax that voters just upheld for Washington State.

Councilmember Moore says the tax would raise somewhere between $16 and $51 million in its first year from about 860 of the city's wealthiest residents.

The reality is we need more revenue and also looking at the results of the national election

in that context, which is we now know that there's not

going to be any federal money coming to Seattle, certainly no federal money for housing,

building housing or housing assistance or food assistance. The city's proposed tax matches the state

version exactly, including its exemptions for real estate, small business sales, retirement funds,

and the first quarter million dollars in profit. It even includes the state's exemption for

profits made selling large herds of cattle, even though that's less relevant in Seattle.

Joshua McNichols, KOWW News. It could be the end of the line for the South Lake Union streetcar.

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