Amazon and Microsoft benefit handsomely from a tax loophole in the Workforce Education Investment Act. Lawmakers can end this tax giveaway to boost higher education funding. These tech giants donate ...

Zoning maps for 30 new neighborhood growth centers, a handful of urban center expansions, and narrow transit corridor rezones ...

Elected officials in Washington state are being forced to prepare for the possibility of a similar ICE invasion as Minneapolis has endured. Immigrant and civil rights advocates are worried steps to ...

Revive I-5 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reduce car dependency and encourage transit, walking, rolling, and biking, but the Seattle region is letting it slip between its fingers. It's not ...

Building more dense housing within vibrant walkable neighborhoods is a key climate strategy, argues IPCC author. The Seattle ...

The close vote earlier this week was a strong signal of a change in direction for Burien, which saw a 5-2 moderate council majority flip to a 4-3 progressive one last November.

As the First Hill Streetcar celebrates a decade carrying riders, questions mount about the future of the Seattle Streetcar network as a whole. With a plan to finally connect the two existing lines ...

Interbay is a collision of changing urban landscapes, expensive deteriorating infrastructure, and confused layers of authority. As the smaller of Seattle’s two industrial centers, Interbay is ground ...

Oudburg, a shared street in Ghent, Belgium. Building similar streets is now a possibility for Washington cities following a state law change. (Mark Ostrow) A shared street, as defined by SB 5595, has ...

A long-awaited delivery assessment for a 1.3 mile stretch of streetcar is out, and it shows a big jump in expected costs to complete the project. (Ryan Packer) A new consultant report on the ...

Projects like the Puget Sound Gateway, which will extend both SR 167 and 509 in North Pierce County and South King County, are prioritized in both proposed transportation budgets. (WSDOT) Though ...

Since voters approved West Seattle and Ballard Link in 2016, the two light rail projects have been caught in a perfect storm of factors that led to the eye-popping cost estimates that we have today.