News & City Life

Transportation

Sound Transit Rolls Out Eight Downtown-to-Ballard Rail Options

Sound Transit rolls out eight potential routes for light rail or streetcar connecting Ballard to downtown Seattle.

06/27/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

Article

Two Jolts: A Budget Deal and House Democrats Set to Pass $10 Billion Transportation Package

Gov. Inslee says budget deal in hand, no government shutdown.

06/27/2013 By Afternoon Jolt

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: He Suggested Sardonically

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring polls, denials, and political jams.

06/27/2013 By Morning Fizz

On Other Blogs

On Other Blogs Today: Metro, Lyft, and Fishy Business

Our daily roundup.

06/26/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

Afternoon Jolt

Wednesday Jolt: Transportation Package Fails

Gas tax, and Metro funding, loses in Democratic house.

06/26/2013 By Afternoon Jolt

City Hall

Council Panel Approves Encampment Expansion Bill

The city council's housing committee approved legislation expanding the areas of the city where temporary homeless encampments are allowed, to the chagrin of some homeless advocates who say they're being "redlined."

06/26/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

The C Is for Crank

Car Warrior Orcutt: "Sad" When Bikers Die, But What About the Drivers?

State Rep. Ed Orcutt, who led a parade of GOP amendments to the house transportation package, says motorist safety should come first, before cyclists or pedestrians.

06/26/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

This Washington

Fain Said to Pressure House Republicans to Reject Transportation Package

Fearing the senate would take the blame for killing the transportation package, Eastside Senate Republican leaders try to get House Republicans to kill it first.

06/26/2013 By Josh Feit

Opinion

In Lesser-Known Rulings, SCOTUS Strikes Down Rules Protecting Women and Minorities

In a guest PubliCola op/ed, Legal Voice director Lisa Stone argues that two lesser-known Supreme Court cases this week represent a major setback for women and racial and ethnic minorities.

06/26/2013 By Lisa Stone