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PubliCola
about 8 hours
Seattle Nice: Taxing for Transit, Nude Beach Ruling, and Mayor Wilson’s Frugal Flights
By Erica C. Barnett Unlike the Seattle City Council, we sped through several local topics on Seattle Nice this week,… The post Seattle Nice: Taxing for Transit, Nude Beach Ruling, and Mayor Wilson’s Frugal Flights appeared first on PubliCola.
PubliCola
about 10 hours
After Marathon Meeting, Council Committee Passes Wilson’s Transit Measure Mostly Intact
By Erica C. Barnett It took three hours and 37 minutes—45 minutes longer than the new film The Odyssey—but a… The post After Marathon Meeting, Council Committee Passes Wilson’s Transit Measure Mostly Intact appeared first on PubliCola.
Capitol Hill Seattle
about 13 hours
The Hill: El Cerro taking coffee to new heights from the top of E Pike
A new coffee house is climbing onto the Capitol Hill scene, bringing high-altitude mountain heritage to upper Pike/Pine. El Cerro has opened on E Pike with the relaxed-paced, mist-covered peak environments of the Caribbean. Its name translates to, appropriately, The … Continue reading →
Capitol Hill Seattle
about 14 hours
From $5K grants to $2M property buys, these Seattle programs are boosting small businesses
The Seattle City Council’s labor committee is working on a summer Friday for a briefing from officials on efforts to increase Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, Asian, and people of color small business ownership and tenancy of commercial real estate in the … Continue reading →
NW Progressive Institute
1 day
Right wing talk show host Jason Rantz keeps demonstrating he’d rather blatantly spin poll results than honestly interpret them
Two new propaganda pieces that ran in Seattle Red in July of 2026 continue a pattern of deception from the station's top personality. One passes off advocacy issue polling as ballot measure polling and another pretends that a symbolic one-point difference in NPI's congressional polling establishes a Republican lead in WA-03. Right wing talk show host Jason Rantz keeps demonstrating he’d rather blatantly spin poll results than honestly interpret them is a post from NPI's Cascadia Advocate, the journal of the Northwest Progressive Institute. Published continuously since March of 2004, NPI's Cascadia Advocate provides thoughtful commentary and analysis on regional, national, and world politics. Keep The Cascadia Advocate going by making a contribution to sustain NPI's research and advocacy here.
PubliCola
1 day
Land Use Appeal Reform Moves Forward, Council Splits on Funding for School Meals
1. A city council committee voted to move legislation forward on Wednesday that will—if it passes full council next week—shut… The post Land Use Appeal Reform Moves Forward, Council Splits on Funding for School Meals appeared first on PubliCola.
NW Progressive Institute
1 day
Meet the 2026 candidates for Washington State Supreme Court Position #1: Scott Edwards
The longtime constitutional and tax attorney is campaigning for Position #1 on a promise to “take politics out of the courtroom,” but begins the race trailing both of his opponents, NPI's Civic Heartbeat research has found. Meet the 2026 candidates for Washington State Supreme Court Position #1: Scott Edwards is a post from NPI's Cascadia Advocate, the journal of the Northwest Progressive Institute. Published continuously since March of 2004, NPI's Cascadia Advocate provides thoughtful commentary and analysis on regional, national, and world politics. Keep The Cascadia Advocate going by making a contribution to sustain NPI's research and advocacy here.
Capitol Hill Seattle
1 day
Judge rules Denny Blaine Park can stay open — and nude — but with new limits
Defenders of the right to be nude in Denny Blaine Park are cautious in victory this week as a King County Superior Court judge has denied a bid by a group of neighbors and nearby property owners to close off … Continue reading →
Capitol Hill Seattle
1 day
Kaiser Permanente ‘urgent care’ change at 15th and John part of wider battle over ‘site-neutral’ payment reforms
Decades of health service at 15th and John will bring another change following Kaiser Permanente’s 2017 takeover of Group Health and the system’s Capitol Hill campus. The nation’s integrated managed care consortium has informed patients seeking walk-in care at the … Continue reading →
Capitol Hill Seattle
1 day
Seattle City Council shaping Wilson sales tax bump for increased bus service proposal for November ballot
The Seattle City Council is spending Thursday morning reshaping Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed Seattle sales tax increase to pay for “better-than-baseline” bus service on ...
NW Progressive Institute
2 days
Brian Heywood’s IP26-645 (gutting billions in progressive revenue for education and essential services) is getting certified
645 would repeal the state's new million dollar earners tax, which only 20,000 or so of the wealthiest Washingtonians would begin paying by the end of the decade, while leaving in place the legislative authorization for the investments the revenue is supposed to fund, creating an enormous fiscal mess. Language tucked in the measure could also put at risk existing sources of revenue, too. Brian Heywood’s IP26-645 (gutting billions in progressive revenue for education and essential services) is getting certified is a post from NPI's Cascadia Advocate, the journal of the Northwest Progressive Institute. Published continuously since March of 2004, NPI's Cascadia Advocate provides thoughtful commentary and analysis on regional, national, and world politics. Keep The Cascadia Advocate going by making a contribution to sustain NPI's research and advocacy here.
NW Progressive Institute
2 days
The Seattle Times versus The Stranger: How their 2026 MLKC area endorsements compare
With each paper's set of endorsements now available to scrutinize, we're bringing back our popular comparison that visually shows you where the papers agree and disagree. You might think the papers would be far apart in their choices, and sometimes they were... but not always! The Seattle Times versus The Stranger: How their 2026 MLKC area endorsements compare is a post from NPI's Cascadia Advocate, the journal of the Northwest Progressive Institute. Published continuously since March of 2004, NPI's Cascadia Advocate provides thoughtful commentary and analysis on regional, national, and world politics. Keep The Cascadia Advocate going by making a contribution to sustain NPI's research and advocacy here.