2016 Endorsement Interviews: Sameer Ranade
Earlier this month, staff from The Urbanist met with candidates seeking election in the open seats of the 43rd Legislative District and 7th Congressional District...
Top Urbanist Action: Support MASS Green Sheets, Racial Equity Analysis of Urban Village Strategy
The Seattle City Council is frantically putting a final budget together with a big day of hearings on Wednesday November 14th. The Move All...
2020 Endorsement Questionnaire: Noel Frame, LD36-1
The Urbanist Elections Committee invited state legislature candidates in the Seattle metropolitan region to fill out our questionnaire to participate in our endorsement process....
Sunday Video: The Fight For America’s 51st State
https://youtu.be/bfUeekXbYzk
The fight to make Washington, D.C. a state has been a long one. But the idea has been consistently brushed aside. Why do people...
HALA Recomendations Are A Huge Win For Affordable Housing
Over the last two months the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) recommendations garnered tremendous debate, some of which nearly killed the historic...
Op-Ed: Vote No For I-732
Editor's note: On Monday and Tuesday this week, two op-eds will appear on the publication making the cases for and against I-732, a proposed...
Teresa Mosqueda 2021 Questionnaire – Seattle City Council Pos. 8
Teresa Mosqueda is seeking a second term on Seattle City Council. She burst onto the scene in 2017, earning The Urbanist's Primary endorsement (as...
Harrell is Lukewarm on Missing Middle Housing Bill as Inslee Continues Push
Dozens of progressive councilmembers and mayors backed HB 1782, including Councilmembers Mosqueda, Lewis, Morales, and Strauss.
Battle lines are quickly forming on the statewide missing...