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Politics and Government

ICYMI: New York City Implements ‘Vision Zero’

Last week, New York City's citywide standard speed limit dropped from 30 mph to 25 mph under a policy dubbed "Vision Zero". About 95%...

Housing, politics and a basic pride of place

Fifth in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. What do the politics of urban housing have to do with a seasonal...

Early Election Results: Buses, Early Education, Monorail, and More

At this point, you'd pretty much have to live under a rock to not know that Republicans have taken control of both chambers of...

Mayor Murray critiques Council’s microhousing legislation, threatens veto

Mayor Ed Murray sent a strong letter addressed to the Seattle City Council yesterday. In it, he dropped a big critique on Council's approach to...

Potential Fraud Provides A Good Time To Review The Carpool Incentive

Back in August, Kiro TV reported that Fred Bonner, a 25 year veteran of the Seattle Municipal Court, has likely been taking advantage of a...

Save Seattle: Tax, License & Insure Pedestrians

Throughout the City of Seattle, residents are seeing their neighborhood streets besieged by free-loading, scofflaws, also known as pedestrians. The crux of the problem...

Bertha’s Future

Bertha, the massive highway tunnel boring machine, is stuck in one place underground until at least next March. The future of State Route 99 has...

Seattle Should Pass A Minimum Paid Leave Law

The United States is the only country among wealthy European, Asian and North American countries that doesn't have a national minimum vacation requirement. France...