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People stroll and jog in Waterfront Park with the Spokane skyline in the background.

The Housing Crisis Isn’t Limited to Greater Seattle

How Port Townsend, Walla Walla, and Spokane are responding to escalating housing costs Pam Parr, executive director of the Spokane Housing Authority, has noticed that...
Chinatown-Internation District station with Union Station, where Sound Transit holds its board meetings.

Sound Transit Approves $3 Flat Fare for Link

The change hiking fares on short-distance riders and lowering them for long-distance trips will go into effect when Lynnwood Link opens in the fall. Three-dollar...

Kenmore Council Rejects 100-Unit Supportive Housing Facility Following Backlash

Kenmore could be flushing $30 million in grants and the 100 affordable homes they were intended to fund. Following a marathon public hearing that ran...

CEO Julie Timm To Resign, Adding Another Hurdle for Sound Transit

Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm will leave her post on January 12 in an abrupt departure that comes just 16 months after she took...

Seattle Is Building a Citywide Bike Network That Cannot Handle Its Own Popularity

Seattle's climate plan calls for doubling bicycling, but SDOT is not building its bike facilities to handle the load. To bike to Climate Pledge Arena,...

Spokane’s Permanent Middle Housing Rules Should Set a Statewide Standard

Last week, Spokane finalized its year-long effort to legalize more housing choices across the city. Their new code sets a statewide standard, and it...

Takeaways from Seattle’s 2023 Election

Centrists cleaned up, but progressives have an opportunity to turn the tables next time. The 2023 election did not go the way progressives wanted. Four...

Advocates Push for Change on World Day of Remembrance for Crash Victims

As Seattle approaches the ninth anniversary of its Vision Zero commitment to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities in traffic by the end of this...