Senate Bill 5184 would put a cap on out-of-control parking mandates and prohibit cities from requiring parking altogether in some cases, such as day cares or retirement homes. (Doug Trumm) On ...

State Sen. Noel Frame (D-36th, Seattle) is leading the charge for a wealth tax to invest in public schools. She also secured a post on the Senate Ways and Means Committee in the 2025 legislative ...

The 2025 delivery plan for the first year of the Seattle Transportation Levy spells out a broad array of projects that will enter the pipeline this year. Housing advocates outnumbered opponents by a ...

The 1,300 page environmental review of the One Seattle plan shows that the Mayor's preferred plan would increase hardscape, tree removal, and greenhouse gas emissions, while decreasing affordable ...

Seattle's skyline keeps growing, but regional planners are ultimately anticipating a slackening of growth over the next two decades. (Doug Trumm) Seattle is in the midst of its once-a-decade periodic ...

Donald Trump will put new pressure on Washington’s courts. Our judges will have to choose between articulating a populist, egalitarian legal philosophy or embracing lawlessness. A new dark-money group ...

Social housing is on the ballot in Seattle, with voters set to determine whether to assign a dedicated funding source to the Seattle Social Housing Developer approved in 2023. (Doug Trumm) The rents ...

Community members gather every Wednesday morning from 7 to 9:30am in Kirkland for Eastside Coffee Outside. It’s still dark out as I pedal my bakfiets cargo bike out of my garage and into the cold ...

WSDOT is mulling boosting Amtrak Cascades service to 16 daily runs, but no options tackle the speed and reliability improvements to truly unlock the corridor's potential. State lawmakers may give the ...

The release of the city's final environmental review of the One Seattle growth plan is likely to be followed by an appeal, in an attempt to stop neighborhood-level zoning changes. But while an appeal ...