politics
Washington considers banning disposable plastics in restaurants and grocery stores
Your favorite takeout spot could go compostable-only under a legislative proposal.
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi Pulkkinen is a Seattle-based journalist specializing in law and justice issues in the Pacific Northwest. Formerly a senior editor with SeattlePI and a frequent contributor to The Guardia
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Growth
Make way for duplexes: Washington bill would mostly ban single-family-only zoning
Proponents of increased density say it's better for the climate and housing affordability. Opponents worry about property values and the loss of traditional neighborhoods.
Environment
Hamilton might be the most flooded town in Washington. Why won't anyone move?
A Seattle nonprofit invested in a $1 million effort to provide the 300 residents of Hamilton with a route to higher ground. But some residents insist, ‘We're not relocating.’
politics
Lawmakers want to protect water rights in Washington from Wall Street speculation
The legislation comes in response to a multimillion-dollar buying spree by a New York investment firm.
Environment
Recreation over preservation? Residents and Natives worry the San Juan Islands could be ‘loved to death’
The federal government helped make the islands a national monument. But locals worry a Trump-era focus on making public lands productive could be their undoing.