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Politics and Government

Ed Murray Rolls Out Big Plans In State Of The City Address

On Tuesday at Idris Mosque in North Seattle, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray drew a stark contrast between Seattle's approach to governance and the one...

Andres Salomon Announces Mayoral Run Against Ed Murray

At high noon today Roosevelt-based safe streets advocate Andres Salomon announced he's running for mayor, becoming the first credible person to challenge incumbent Mayor Ed...

Sound Transit Announces New Policy In Response To Saturday Disruption

Sound Transit leadership announced a new policy, Monday, in response to service disruptions during Saturday's protests at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Any disruptions must now be...

Statement Denouncing Trump’s Travel Ban

In light of tonight’s events, The Urbanist Board of Directors has released the following statement: “Tonight we want to make clear our unequivocal opposition to...

Sound Transit’s Board Gets New Leadership Team

The Sound Transit Board of Directors have picked a new crop of leaders to guide the regional transit agency over the next two years. In...

2017 Transportation Bills Before The Washington State Legislature

The busy legislative session is underway down in Olympia. A mixed bag of transportation-related bills have been introduced to both houses of the Washington...

Local And State Leaders Resolutely Reject Trumpian Tyranny On Immigration

Donald Trump has increasingly exhibited tyrannical and despotic tendencies during his less-than-one-week control of the federal government. His opening salvo was presented in his...

One Woman’s Perspective On #WomxnsMarchSeattle

The hats and color were the symbols of unity. Your signs were the big beautiful surprise. You brought tens of thousands of unique signs to...