Seattle leaders are considering cutting ties, at least temporarily, with a bank financing the Dakota Access Pipeline. Wells Fargo manages $3 billion of the city's operating funds under a contract that began in 2013 and is set to expire at the end of 2018. The bank says it is also one of 17 institutions providing loans for the oil pipeline through the Midwest. City lawmakers took up a bill Monday that would call on the mayor and city finance officials to not renew the contract beyond 2018 and