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Civics and Culture

Kevin

I've written before on how people can surprise you with the goodness of their quality. Sometimes it's major, thought-provoking stuff, and other times it's...

Seattle City Council Briefed on Busy Year of Planning Ahead in 2018

On Wednesday, Seattle City Councilmembers convened for the first Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee meeting of the year. While regulatory reform related...

Your Voice, Your Choice 2018 Has Begun

Seattle's Participatory Budgeting program for parks and street projects, Your Voice, Your Choice, is back for its second year, with a funding increase for...

How I Write the Posts, and Why

Pretty early on I realized, there's no way I'm going to remember all this. The most I can do is throw my hands in...

Sunday Video: Subterranean Christmas Train

https://youtu.be/HXouL-s5pBo Every year around the holiday, New York City Transit runs special nostalgia trains from yesteryear. Trains run on Sunday with many festive riders in...

SR-520 Cross-Lake Trail Opens Improving Options to Walk and Bike

A new cross-lake trail opened Wednesday on SR-520, making it easier to walk, bike, and skate across Lake Washington. The trail was years in...

A Newcomer’s Guide to Finding Home in Seattle

The idea of “home” came to the foreground when I moved to Seattle from the greater Detroit area where I was born and raised,...

Amtrak Cascades Now Faster and More Frequent, New Station Opens in Tacoma

Editor's Note: After the inaugural train trip of faster Cascades service ended in derailment, we issued this statement. Amtrak Cascades will begin new service today between Seattle...