Tackling the Housing Crisis Takes Center Stage in Olympia
It's well known that Washington and the Puget Sound in particular have a housing crisis, especially when it comes to attaining affordable housing. Several...
$20 Per Ton: Governor Inslee Proposes Carbon Tax
Washington Governor Jay Inslee gave his State of the State Address on Tuesday to a delegation of statewide electeds, state legislators, and other distinguished...
Action Alert: Save Sound Transit Funding
HB 2201, a bill devised to cut $2.3 billion dollars from the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) budget, has reared its ugly head again. Though...
State Legislators Resurrect and Introduce Dozens of Transportation Bills
Washington State legislators went back to work on Monday, kicking off a 60-day legislative session. The legislative session is shorter than last year's since...
Top Urbanist Action: Show Us A Hero And Support Affordable Housing At Fort Lawton
We hope you got some rest and relaxation over the holidays. You're going to need it this year to push our city towards a...
Democrats Need To Stand Up For Sound Transit
Next week the 2018 legislative session opens, and it will be the first one in six years where Democrats hold majorities in both houses.
So why are...
An Infrastructure Plan for a Progressive Wave
The Amtrak Cascades tragedy provided an opening for a certain troll-in-chief to promote his infrastructure plan. If the Republican infrastructure plan--which at one point...
Sound Transit Outlines 2018 Legislative Objectives, Approves Budget and Tacoma Dome Extension Planning
The Sound Transit Board of Directors met this afternoon to act on a variety of end-of-year motions. A key action item was outlining the...