Six-year STBD Funded by 0.15% Sales Tax Will Go to Voters in November
Yesterday, the Seattle City Council debated the right size for the Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) and landed on a 0.15% sales tax to...
This Year’s Budget and Next Year’s Plans for Housing Now
Two weeks ago, the Seattle City Council budget committee, consisting of all nine members, considered a budget request of critical importance to local housing....
Wonkabout Washington: Legislative Preview
With just a few weeks left in 2018, Futurewise is looking ahead to the 2019 legislative session. The November elections substantially changed the make-up...
Lawmakers Reach Rent Stabilization Compromise
Rent increases would be capped between 7% and 10% under the compromise measure approved by a conference committee Thursday night. It still needs to advance back through both chambers by Sunday night to reach the Governor's desk.
U.S. Voting Systems Should — And Can — Better Reflect Diversity in Representation
In 1776, John Adams wrote that a "representative assembly... should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think,...
Durkan Destroys 10 Months of Text Messages in Apparent Coverup
It was well known that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is running a secretive administration, but a whistleblower complaint last week revealed a bombshell revelation...
Bellevue Council Update: Safer Speeds, Guidelines for Arts Grants, and Future Public Spaces
Among other actions taken at Monday's meeting, Bellevue City Council voted to lower speed limits on some residential streets, discussed guidelines for awarding arts...
Four Vital Housing and Climate Bills Survive the Washington Legislature
WALeg Wednesday considers the housing package that passed, led by HB 1110.
As the legislative calendar winds its way to adjourning sine die (until next...