Op-Ed: How to Confront Fred Meyer Closures and Guarantee Food Access
Kroger blames theft for four local grocery store closures, but the real story is more complicated. Kroger seeks to squeeze out more profit by driving up food insecurity. Standing up public or nonprofit alternatives and pressuring Kroger to be a better corporate citizen offer potential solutions going forward.
Sound Transit News Dump: Capitol Hill Station Land Sale, More Double-Deckers, And New LRV...
In typical form, Sound Transit made a late week news dump on Thursday announcing approval of a $2.65 million property sale for affordable housing,...
Toilet Deserts Remain Despite Sound Transit’s Renewed Restroom Policy
More passenger restrooms are ahead in Sound Transit's ever-growing system. However, a recommended policy update would discourage them from becoming a universal and easily...
Are Transit Fare Violation Policies Fair?
Over the years, the issue of fare enforcement fairness has routinely been raised. In 2015, Metropolitan King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove sponsored legislation to...
Sound Transit Board Set to Approve Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Framework
The Sound Transit Board is sitting down to meet right now and will vote this afternoon on a resolution affirming the "Sound Transit Equitable...
Sunday Video: Skid Row, Explained
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Los Angeles’ Skid Row was not an inevitability, it was a policy. Johnny Harris explains how this district of tragic poverty came to be....
Comcast New Data Caps Changing Landscape For Municipal Broadband Prospects
Comcast (Xfinity) announced to their customers via email in Washington and 17 other states that effective November 1st, most broadband Internet plans would be...
Mayor Submits MHA-C Tweaks
Further amendments to Seattle’s Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program could be on the way. Mayor Ed Murray transmitted a package of changes to bring...