Harrell Ducks Police Accountability Forum, Burgess Rides In to Attack González
Yesterday, the Seattle Community Police Commission (CPC) announced that Bruce Harrell had declined their invitation to a mayoral candidate forum on police accountability and...
2021 Primary Precinct Results Show Familiar Rich vs Rent-burdened Battle Lines
King County Elections finalized Primary Election results on Tuesday and Seattle's data wizards quickly went to work conjuring maps showing precinct-level results. What emerged...
Sunday Video: A City Split in Half
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Berlin shows how arbitrary and definitive administrative boundaries can be through its divided history between West Germany and East Germany after World War II....
Consent Decree Judge Contemplates Police Reform under a New City Attorney
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge James Robart summoned City Attorney Pete Holmes and Court Monitor Anthony Oftelie to his courtroom to get an update...
What It Would Take for Seattle to Lead on Climate
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report on Monday underscoring its past warnings that governments must act decisively and...
Progressive Trend Emerging in Late Primary Election Returns
Primary results have been a Rorschach test for pundits, with moderates divining a moderate resurgence and lefties seeing progressives well-positioned. Late returns have strongly...
Council Roundup: Setting Up Defenses Against Mayoral Steamrolling
Recently, the Seattle City Council has passed a handful of bills around revenue tracking, the environment, affordable housing, and parking rates. Many of these...
Most Seattleites Are Willing to Pay More to Speed Up Link Light Rail Expansion,...
In a recent poll, 71% of Seattle voters said they would approve a new funding measure to avoid Sound Transit 3 delays.
Urbanist action alert:...