Elected officials in Washington state are being forced to prepare for the possibility of a similar ICE invasion as ...

Zoning maps for 30 new neighborhood growth centers, a handful of urban center expansions, and narrow transit corridor rezones dropped on Thursday. With the patchy current vision driven by the Harrell ...

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.

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

King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci is pushing her Sound Transit board colleagues to weigh the option of skipping a second downtown Seattle transit tunnel, but the idea could get ruled out this ...

Katie Wilson's path to victory went through the city's urban centers. Precincts she won are shown in orange. (Map by Jason Weill) Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson just won a very close election, and ...

Long promised and approved by voters in 2016, two deferred light rail stations in Seattle and Tukwila saw costs jump by more than two-thirds in just a few short years. Rising costs could put the two ...

Before moving ahead with building a second Downtown Seattle light rail tunnel as planned, Sound Transit is taking a second look at putting a third line in the existing tunnel instead. Doing so would ...

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.

Proposed by grassroots advocates, the Union Bay Nature Trail could greatly improve access to the Union Bay Natural Area. (Green U District) Open a path through the fence to improve access to the Union ...

Lowrise multiplex housing used to be common in Seattle, like this North Capitol Hill example. The Seattle City Council passed incentives that could help this housing type make a comeback. (Doug Trumm) ...

Even after adding a second Eastside line in the 2040s, Link light rail will not reach Kirkland’s rapidly growing downtown. (Shaun Kuo) 4 Line light rail would stop well short of urban cores and not ...