According to SDOT’s “intercept” surveys of West Seattle Junction visitors (conducted in-person rather than online), a 66 ...

Josh is hyped about the latest stats on Lime scooter and electric bike rentals in Seattle, which show more people are using micromobility options than ever before, even when you discount the spike in ...

By Erica C. Barnett Monday, September 28 On Wilson’s Budget, the Council Parts Ways With Reality The council has ...

By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Department overpaid police officers, management, and civilian staff a total of ...

City council members who funded an unsustainable budget last year by using one-time dollars to fund tens of millions ...

Seattle Nice has two interviews for you this week! On Friday’s show, we sat down with Mayor Katie Wilson and her budget ...

Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed 2027 budget (announced earlier this week, while I was out of town) would accomplish something that her predecessor, Bruce Harrell, never really attempted: It would close ...

Last week, I described Mayor Katie Wilson’s first budget as “small-c conservative,” because it eschews most of the budget tricks of recent years and achieves balance through 2030 not by raising taxes, ...

You couldn’t have a clearer juxtaposition. Mayor Wilson tried to cut a deal between housing developers and the affordable-housing left to accelerate housing production. And Councilmember Dionne Foster ...

A Seattle Police Department officer, Adam Sun, is on administrative leave after using a pair of AI smart glasses to record a promotional video for a Chinese company, Rokid Global. The film, taken from ...

1. Earlier this month, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority dropped a bombshell: That “missing” $8 million the financially battered homelessness agency couldn’t account for in a recent ...

Here’s a rejoinder to those who complain that Seattle’s taxes on big business are going to send major companies fleeing to Bellevue: Seattle has nearly 40 percent more cafes, retail shops, bars, arts ...