Opinion

(Editor's note: The following article appears originally in Seattle City Council member Nick Licata's newsletter "Urban Politics.")

In the wake of reports about the city’s snow response, the Seattle City Council commissioned a study of the…MORE

(Editor's note: this article has been edited to reflect Seattle City Council action at its April 27 meeting of the whole.)

The openness President Obama is bringing to D.C. hasn’t reached a Seattle still in its Bush era, complete with…MORE

(Editor's note: The following article appears originally in Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess' newsletter "City View.")

Stopping Youth Violence

Last week I sat down with four young people in a medical school classroom at the…MORE

(Editor's note: The following article appear originally in Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin's newsletter "Making it Work.")

The Seattle City Council embraces the goal of open, transparent, and accessible government. All of our…MORE

(Editor's note: This article appears originally in council member Nick Licata's Urban Politics newsletter.)

Sometimes it's the little things that make me glad to be a public servant.

It was approaching eight o'clock in the evening…MORE

The dysfunctional idiocy known as the “tunnel option” for the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement costs too much, provides less traffic capacity than a new viaduct WHILE costing more, and reduces access to the downtown core - and thus both damages…MORE

(Editor's note: The following article appears originally in Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin's newsletter "Making it Work.")

Seattle is about to embark on a flurry of legislation to invest in economic recovery projects,…MORE

(Editor's note: The following was sent as an email from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles to her constituents with a copy to this newspaper.)

As you likely know, I introduced an income tax bill last week, SB 6147, which would establish a 1 percent…MORE

A couple of weeks ago we printed a letter from a local pastor in which he declared that homosexuality is "destructive" and against the teachings of God.

Within hours of the paper hitting the newsstands, we got calls from angry readers…MORE

I have a confession to make. When I was a freshman legislator in 1995, and thrilled by a terrific season of Mariner baseball, I voted for the bill that funded the new stadium.   You may remember that the people had narrowly defeated a tax package…MORE