The South Correctional Entity in Des Moines has seen a dozen deaths in custody since 2023. A fatality review for Said Ali Abdulkadir failed to account for how the drugs that caused his death entered ...

Seattle's Central Area was redlined and historically blocked from bank loans, with the 1936 federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation maps identifying the area as "hazardous" and predominantly Black.

With the effects of climate change bearing down and global goals far from reach, the City of Seattle is reevaluating its ...

Hired in 2024, Sound Transit Deputy CEO for Capital Project Delivery Terri Mestas will leave the agency in early July. (Ryan Packer) Terri Mestas, Sound Transit's Deputy CEO in charge of capital ...

With a 0.15% sales tax bump, Seattle would be poised to see 100,000 more bus trips per year, boosting popular routes like the ...

Seattle's property tax system has serious shortcomings, but Aaron Schechter explains how shifting to a land value tax could address them and encourage homebuilding. Founded in 2014, The Urbanist's ...

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Seattle's property tax system extracts a ton of revenue out of the downtown core, but underdeveloped properties like parking lots largely skate free. A land value tax would change that. (Doug Trumm) ...

Shortly after 2 Line light rail arrived in Bellevue's Wilburton neighborhood, so too did a zoning overhaul bringing applications for more than 2,300 homes. (Doug Trumm) One year in, the Wilburton ...

With the boost from the expanded 2 Line, Seattle's Link rail system is humming along at 160,000 daily riders, according to ...

Robert Cruickshank explains the ballot initiative he has filed to reform Sound Transit's board governance, arguing the ...