City of Seattle

An estimated 75,000 to 100,000 people marched from Capitol Hill to Seattle Center on Saturday in the third nationwide "No Kings" demonstration, according to the Seattle Police Department. The rally, which drew millions to more than 3,200 events across all 50 states, marked the largest of the three p...

Sound Transit is launching an agency-wide reset after revealing a $30–40 billion funding gap, forcing a reevaluation of major ST3 expansion projects—including the planned Ballard-to-SoDo light rail connection via a new downtown Seattle tunnel. At last week’s board meeting, leaders formally ...

U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick on Friday widened a court order that bars the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from cities with sanctuary policies, including Seattle. The new ruling extends protections to 34 additional jurisdictions such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Denv...

Seattle and King County voters have overwhelmingly approved two property tax measures in the August primary, renewing funding for public parks and the city’s Democracy Voucher program. King County’s Proposition 1, which passed by a wide margin, will raise roughly $200 a year from the median h...

Three of Seattle’s highest-profile citywide offices are headed for rematches in November after progressive challengers finished ahead of moderate incumbents in the city’s top-two primary. Mayor In the mayor’s race, Transit Riders Union co-founder Katie Wilson leads Mayor Bruce Harrell b...