If losing a third of her staff wasn’t bad enough—aide Mariette Spence reportedly just got the ax—Judy Nicastro suffered another…
Opening car-pool lanes to all traffic at night will cost $3 million and solve nothing.
GOT A HANKERING to let it all hang out next Mardi Gras? Better think twice—those three seconds in the spotlight…
Steinbrueck’s proposal would make parking pay.
Road Trip #1
CITY COUNCIL City Council President Peter Steinbrueck says the issue of who will make decisions about the monorail is far…
Healthy lunch for the no-corporate-credit-card crowd.
Not so long ago, you could drive down just about any state highway in America and run into a few…
Politicians urge us to spend locally.
CITY LIGHT What have all those energy bigwigs been doing at City Hall? Two weeks ago, all three members of…
CITY COUNCIL Kollin Min, the most credible challenger for Judy Nicastro‘s City Council seat, has been rustling up support in…
What the hell happened on election night? Divining voters’ intent has never been easy. Especially given the variety of conflicting…
Sound Transit’s other train faces questions over its cost and effectiveness.
AFTER WEEKS of tense debate, the Seattle City Council’s lopsided vote Monday approved an $86 million low- income housing levy…
Will drops in tourism and consumer spending push Seattle into recession?
With its Western grit and enduring Native American heroine, this strong debut novel reads like a modern-day fairy tale—just don’t expect a prince to make things perfect.
THE ELEVATED Transportation Company (ETC), the group set up to bring a monorail plan to voters, has known for months…
Seattle politicians side with Qwest against Sound Transit.
Monorail supporters and opponents start race for the ballot.
CAN RELAXING parking requirements help ease Seattle’s housing crunch? Developers and city planners say it can and will; they got…