Sound Transit Explores Options for Chinatown-International District and SoDo

Soon Seattle will find out what alternatives for the West Seattle and Ballard light rail extensions in Chinatown-International District and SoDo survive the alternatives...

Midweek Video: Millions of Americans Can’t Pay Rent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F07yTI0J3Qk Vox explains why eviction is a crisis in America and what might or might not be done about it.

Washington State Senate Passes Car Tab Bill Threatening ST3 Projects

The Washington State Senate was burning the midnight oil into the wee hours of the morning yesterday to vote on a complex bill originally...

Op-Ed: Seattle Council’s Ethics Overhaul Would Be Neither Ethical nor Democratic

Seattle Councilmember Cathy Moore announced Friday that she is withdrawing her proposal weakening the City’s ethics rules, pledging to fine-tune the idea and bring it back. Collin Thrower lays out why she is on the wrong track.
A light blue SPD police cruiser in a parking lot.

Public Safety Politics and the Even Election Reckoning

The votes have all been tallied and the red wave has officially folded in on itself, leaving even more blue shore than before in...
Steve Hobbs on the senate floor with American flags in the foreground.

Inslee Taps Hobbs as Secretary of State, Ending His Reign as Senate Transportation Chair

Governor Jay Inslee announced today that State Senator Steve Hobbs as his pick as Secretary of State, the top election official in Washington State....

State Budget Cuts Could Slash Puget Sound’s Passenger Ferry Service

The Washington House and Senate aren't in alignment on whether funding for extra passenger ferry trips should continue. Dozens of weekly trips across the King County Water Taxi and Kitsap Fast Ferry would be slashed if the state Senate's version of the transportation budget prevails.

Sound Transit Taps Transportation Veteran Goran Sparrman As Interim CEO

Twice picked as interim SDOT director, Sparrman hopes to right the ship at Sound Transit. The Sound Transit Board of Directors is tapping transportation industry...