News & City Life

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Developers Wary of aPodment Moratorium

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring compromises, budgets, polls, and parks.

09/22/2014 By Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Friday Likes and Dislikes

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring war money, housing money, and pot money.

09/19/2014 By Morning Fizz

Pedestrian Chronicles

Pedestrian Chronicles: Park(ing) Day Tomorrow. Stop by PubliCola's SwaPark

50 pop-up parks commandeer streets of Seattle tomorrow.

09/18/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Report: Tunnel Tops List of "Highway Boondoggles"

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring bus spin, classroom size, and tunnel fail.

09/18/2014 By Morning Fizz

Election 2014

Democratic Districts Take Up Divisive Preschool Measures

Last night, the 43rd District Democrats endorsed the city's plan, while the 11th voted to stay neutral.

09/17/2014 By Casey Jaywork

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: City Hall Irony of the Day

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring Mayor Murray on microhousing, the council on affordable housing, a new candidate, and a SwaPark.

09/17/2014 By Morning Fizz

City Hall

Tuesday Jolt: Mayor Murray Threatens to Veto Restrictive aPodment Legislation

Murray sends letter to council warning against series of amendments.

09/16/2014 By Josh Feit

City

Progressives Fight Nice in Pre-K Competition

The run-off between establishment and labor pre-K ballot measures has union leaders walking a fine line.

09/16/2014 By Casey Jaywork

Opinion

Preschool Precaution

Seattle schools blogger Melissa Westbrook raises lots of questions about the city's preschool plan.

09/16/2014 By Melissa Westbrook

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: The Big Deal Policy Proposal

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring Mike O'Brien's Trickle-Up Theory and Nick Licata's aPodment amendments.

09/16/2014 By Morning Fizz

City

On Other Blogs Today: Seattlish on Westneat, Connelly on Eyman

Seattlish unpacks Danny Westneat with a scalpel and Joel Connelly reports on Tim Eyman's latest antics.

09/15/2014 By Casey Jaywork and Josh Feit

Afternoon Jolt

Monday Jolt: Three Losers and One Winner

Mayor Murray, Sen. Murray, Clint Didier, and Coal.

09/15/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

Opinion

Isn't It Weird That: Activists Don't Want Growth, but Want the Money That Comes with It?

A weird thing we noticed about the Seattle Displacement Coalition.

09/15/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Mayor Murray Will Propose Car Sharing Expansion

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring car sharing, linking, and swapping.

09/15/2014 By Morning Fizz

On Other Blogs Today

On Other Blogs Today: War, Public Safety, and Tax Breaks

Our daily roundup.

09/12/2014 By Casey Jaywork and Josh Feit

City

Union Preschool Measure Will Cost $3 Million...or $100 Million

It's not clear whether Prop 1A creates mandates for city funding, so it's impossible to say how much it would cost.

09/12/2014 By Casey Jaywork

This Washington

Pedestrian Chronicles: Fed Grants Announced. No Ped Bridge, No Burke-Gilman Fixes

Oil spill protection for Makah and $20 million Port of Seattle upgrades make list.

09/12/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Obliviously

Our Friday morning Likes & Dislikes

09/12/2014 By Morning Fizz

This Washington

One Question: What if Voters Reject McCleary Funding Plan?

Would voters be in contempt of court if they reject a legislative K-12 funding plan?

09/11/2014 By Josh Feit

Afternoon Jolt

Jolt: WA Supreme Court Says State is in "Contempt" for Not Fully Funding K-12 Schools

Unanimous Court ruling gives legislature one last chance.

09/11/2014 By Josh Feit