Metropolitan Park District Passing
The first round of results have dropped, and most prominently in tonight's election returns is the Seattle Metropolitan Park District. Currently, the proposition is...
Sunday Video: Darya Farivar Talk at October Urbanist Meetup
Check out the video from our talk with Darya Farivar at The Urbanist's October virtual meetup. Farivar is running for State Representative in the...
Harrell, Seattle Times Lobby for Electing Juarez Council President
Next month the Seattle City Council will appoint a new Council President with the departure of Lorena González, who ran for mayor but lost....
2016 Endorsement Interviews: Dan Shih
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...
Inslee Releases 2020 Legislative Proposals on Homelessness, Transportation, and Climate
On Wednesday, Governor Jay Inslee (D-Washington) released his proposed budget for 2020. The budget is supplemental to the one that the state legislature approved...
Midweek Video: Why Are There So Few City-States?
https://youtu.be/qkdUz1zoZUY
Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes on the topic of city-states. He explores why they were more common in the past, how they thrive...
An Infrastructure Plan for a Progressive Wave
The Amtrak Cascades tragedy provided an opening for a certain troll-in-chief to promote his infrastructure plan. If the Republican infrastructure plan--which at one point...
City Considers Municipal Bank
The Seattle City Council held a briefing Wednesday afternoon on the creation of a municipal bank. Councilmember Licata, chair of the Finance and Culture...