New tax plan would spend less on Seattle bus service, more on low-income and West Seattle programs
The Seattle Department of Transportation says the plan would bring in less than half as much money as the current taxes it would replace.
Heidi Groover
With coronavirus and car-tab hits, Seattle pitches scaled-back tax for bus funding
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proposes asking voters to approve a .1% sales tax to fund bus service, including extra spending in West Seattle, where the...
King County considers canceling transit worker raises amid pandemic
Amalgamated Transit Union ratified a three-year labor contract with 10% total raises in April, but King County Executive Dow Constantine wants to halt the pay...
‘We’re just tired of what’s going on:’ Metro employees protest racial bias at transit agency
A Metro official said the agency was taking steps to address racism but declined to discuss specifics, saying he wanted to “honor this moment” and...
What Seattle-area cops say about the future of policing
Seattle-area police officers uniformly reject protesters' "defund the police" message. But they generally agree that outcry over George Floyd's killing is justified, and that police...
Downtown streetcar on hold again as coronavirus craters Seattle city budget
The streetcar is the highest profile in a list of more than two dozen transportation projects being halted due to budget cuts.
Smaller fleet of red Jump bikes returning to Seattle
The new rollout will offer fewer bikes and higher prices than last summer.
Sound Transit needs better early planning to avoid cost overruns, audit finds
Zeroing in on change orders that amend construction contracts, the auditor found many of those orders were addressing mistakes that might have been avoided.
Trump, Inslee trade Twitter barbs over Capitol Hill protest zone known as CHAZ
Mayor Jenny Durkan has scheduled a press conference for Thursday afternoon to address the “East Precinct, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and President Trump’s threats...