Mosqueda’s Big Business Tax Would Funnel $200 Million per Year to Covid Recovery and...
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda unveiled a big business tax proposal called "JumpStart Seattle" today that would raise $200 million per year from the wealthiest companies...
Map of the Week: Every Job in the Puget Sound
Jobs, jobs, jobs. It's all about the jobs. But where exactly are they? Robert Manduca, a PhD student at Harvard University who specializes in sociology, data, and...
Downtown Sees Big Growth, And That’s Good for Seattle
The Downtown Seattle Association released their 2015 State of Downtown Economic Report and things are looking good. We’re number one in, well, a lot:...
How Affordable Is Living In Seattle? Housing and Transportation Edition
Housing and transportation costs are closely intertwined.
Getting the true cost of housing requires calculations beyond the costs paid for rent or mortgage.
The federal...
Op-Ed: Washington Legislature Must Break Boeing’s Corporate Handout Addiction
Boeing has taken in billions in tax breaks from Washington State, but still lays off workers all the same. Nonetheless, state lawmakers are pushing to include a loophole to a new tax to shield Boeing yet again.
District Energy Is a Fit for Seattle
In Seattle's latest update to its energy code, bans were levied on fossil fuel and electric resistance heating systems in commercial buildings and three-plus-story...
The Chamber of Commerce’s Seattle Budget Fix Is Slashing City Services and Freezing Wages
While running government like a business is a dream of chambers of commerce, businesses don’t freeze wages and spending when they need to hire...
Sunday Video: How To Better Design Cities To Move Goods
Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about how cities can move goods faster, more efficiently, and sustainably. Amos highlights some strategies that are being...