Here’s a rejoinder to those who complain that Seattle’s taxes on big business are going to send major companies fleeing to Bellevue: Seattle has nearly 40 percent more cafes, retail shops, bars, arts ...

By Erica C. Barnett A comprehensive, 127-page report on the city’s business and taxing climate recommends that Seattle start ...

By Erica C. Barnett An investigation into complaints against the director of Seattle’s Office for Civil Rights (SOCR), Derrick ...

By Erica C. Barnett City Councilmember Maritza Rivera misrepresented the number of fatal shootings in Seattle by an order ...

Wilson, the founder and former co-director of the Transit Riders Union, has thrown money, fresh paint, and SDOT planners at the historically sluggish, major east-west route. The first part of her plan ...

I will be out of town until next Thursday, so look for my stories on the mayor’s gun violence reduction strategy, Dan Strauss’ proposal to ban unregistered RVs from Seattle, and the mayor’s budget ...

While much of the city council was on vacation, transportation committee chair Rob Saka apparently spent his two-week ...

An investigation into some of the employee allegations against Seattle Office for Civil Rights director Derrick Wheeler-Smith found that going to a strip club with an employee on a city-sponsored trip ...

Less than a day before we published our story about interim Police Chief Andre Sayles’ complaint against a detective who spoke at a pro-LGBTQ event, Mayor Katie Wilson assured the city’s LGBTQ ...

The city’s Office of Police Accountability is investigating a complaint filed against interim Police Chief Andre Sayles alleging that he retaliated against a detective who spoke at a pro-LGBTQ rally ...

Mayor Katie Wilson signed an expansive, substantive executive order last week directing the Seattle Department of Transportation to implement and expedite a list of, Vision Zero projects designed to ...