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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

High-speed rail as in investment in Cascadia remains a popular policy idea, but Reece Martin of RMTransit makes the case for prioritizing higher-speed rail upgrades to Amtrak Cascades. In the piece, ...

Mayor Bruce Harrell promised to boost housing production during his campaign, but he's fighting a social housing initiative. (Syris Valentine) Seattle voters received Prop 1B campaign mailers riddled ...

The 3.4-mile light rail extension will add a station at Marymoor Village, near King County's largest park, and in the heart ...

The Urbanist is tracking a number of bills in Olympia, and supporters needs your help to get them over the finish line. (Stephen Fesler) On Monday, The Urbanist board of directors approved the ...

A county employee for two decades, Quinn brings experience working for Executives Ron Sims and Dow Constantine, as well as in leadership at King County Metro. (King County Metro) The King County ...

Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison made a banishment zone push this summer targeting drug users and sex workers and buyers, but has been awfully quite since Trump took office, despite mounting ...