Politics and Government

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...

Sound Transit Outlines 2018 Legislative Objectives, Approves Budget and Tacoma Dome Extension Planning

The Sound Transit Board of Directors met this afternoon to act on a variety of end-of-year motions. A key action item was outlining the...

Seattle Council Passes $7.2 Billion 2018 Budget

On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed a $7.2 billion budget for 2018. The city council heavily modified the mayor's proposed budget before adopting...

This Week In Urbanism: November 20th to 27th

Below is your weekly rundown of actions you can take to get involved and make a difference: Let Bellevue Know How To Make Downtown...

8 Takeaways from Seattle’s 2017 Election

Drop boxes and post offices stopped taking ballots by 8pm last Tuesday but votes are still trickling in--even as outcomes are decided. Cary Moon's...

City Council Passes Tax on Vacation Rentals Like Airbnb

Seattle will tax short-term vacation rentals like Airbnb. But a formal regulatory framework for them still remains uncharted. On Monday, the Seattle City Council delayed...

2017 General Election Results

Below are the results for the 2017 General Election for Washington State as of November 7th. The results are still early with some races...

7 Reasons We’re Voting Cary Moon

I've made the case for mayoral candidate Cary Moon before and our election board did too in our Primary and General Election endorsements. With...