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Anti-Housing Bellevue Council Candidate Calls Homelessness a Crime

Betsi Hummer showed her true conservative colors at a billionaire-hosted fundraiser. Lest one think that Bellevue has exclusively become the city of Amazon, Facebook, and...
Steel girders painted blue support the elevated rail line in Philly's Fishtown neighborhood.

Take a Car Lane, Save a Transit Project

Transit: Why Don't We Do It in the Road? Transit has been getting some tough breaks lately in the Puget Sound region and across much...
Eight One Hundred Bellevue's construction site

Bellevue City Council Advances Watered-Down Growth Alternative

Bellevue is one step closer in planning its growth for the next 20 years after a series of City Council meetings on the topic...
Two Navy Blue Angels planes pass each other over boats tied to a log boom in Lake Washington.

Op-Ed: It’s Time for Seattle to Cancel the Blue Angels

The highly polluting airshow should be a relic of the past as we face the climate crisis. Dear Seattle, it’s time to be as brave...

Harrell Signs Industrial Land Reform into Law

The overhaul makes way for 3,000 homes, but a SoDo Makers District with 900 homes didn't make the cut. On Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell...

Sound Transit Can’t Deliver Planned ST3 Service Levels Without Major Changes

Starved of vehicles and storage space, the full light rail expansion program is threatened with reduced service levels and quality. Another major reset is...

Bellevue Councilmember Oversteps Authority to Block Additional Housing Capacity

In rejecting midrise zoning, Councilmember Robertson cited a handshake agreement with homeowners, worrying more homes would "unduly alarm the neighborhoods." If completing legally-mandated, once-in-a-decade planning...
Spokane Council Member Zack Zappone and others in front of a new Spokane apartment building.

Spokane Leads the Way with Parking Reform

One year ago, Spokane shocked the state by passing a sweeping housing reform bill that, among other things, reduced minimum lot sizes and legalized fourplexes anywhere...