Hamdi Mohamed 2021 Questionnaire – Seattle Port Commission Pos. 3
Hamdi Mohamed is running for the Seattle Port Commission Position 3 against incumbent Stephanie Bowman. Mohamed served as Deputy District Director for Congresswoman Pramila...
Downtown Recovery Takes Center Stage in Harrell Speech Light on Details
The mayor has coined splashy acronyms from DAP to CARE, but the programs themselves are lagging behind.
Mayor Bruce Harrell titled his state of the...
Vancouver Transit Vote
If you haven't heard, Vancouver is going to vote on a massive transit funding referendum. The vote is for a 0.5% increase in the...
Nikkita Oliver 2021 Questionnaire – Seattle City Council Pos. 9
Nikkita Oliver ran for mayor in 2017 on the Seattle People's Party platform and finished a close third behind Cary Moon in the primary....
Governor Inslee’s Capital Gains Tax Would Invest in Climate Action
New taxes would create $3.7 billion in revenue, helping to fund investments in cleaner buildings and electric powered transportation.
Last week Governor Jay Inslee's proposed...
Op-Ed: Mungia’s Narrow Win Shows Washington Voters Want Sweeping Legal Changes
Washington voters almost picked Dave Larson – a dark-money-backed conservative opposed to our popular capital gains tax – as our newest state Supreme Court justice. The close call indicates liberals need a new strategy: run a reform-minded outsider.
Breaking Down the New Seattle City Council Map Proposal
Magnolia is getting split in two in the first official proposal (interactive map here) from the redistricting commission deciding the borders for Seattle's seven...
Seattle Police Department Is “Increasingly Unstable,” Email from Top Official Claims
Seattle Police Department Chief Operating Officer Brian Maxey criticized his former Police Chief Sue Rahr in an email to the Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission, claiming she was directing City contracts to a company she co-founded. Maxey also complained of being cut out of decisions and of worsening morale and a schism among command staff in the email, which was obtained through a public records request.