The contest between Sawant and Orion is the latest example of the city's perennial conflict between the left and big business.

The secret weapons: suction cups. 

The mayor's decision to deride the District 2 city council candidate was both unusual and misguided.

But no one knows yet how to pay for it.

The city has seen an influx of new residents. But how much will that really change how the city is run?

Firefighters have long suspected the station has been making them sick.

A plan to speed up the process of electrifying Metro's fleet of vehicles also calls for expanding the region's charging network and creating a pipeline for green jobs. 

The trickle-downers blame our liberal city council for the crisis, and their reasoning is as simple as it is wrong.

A developing story series explores an undercovered aspect of the Seattle area’s homelessness crisis: what it’s like to get older without stable housing.

The veteran council member earned 37% of the primary vote. No incumbent has recovered from numbers that low in at least 20 years. 

The Crosscut Courage Award-winner is an unapologetic disrupter.

It is a damning fact of our times that this question seems to have lost any satisfactory answer.

Yakima officials say they have to cooperate with ICE, fearing loss of federal funding for the city-run airport. Cities around Puget Sound don't seem to have those fears.

Use of the drug is surging in cities across America. Local authorities must address the problem before it gets worse.

The Mayor has her own proposals, but some advocates and City Council members wonder why the city doesn’t simply expand its current diversion and outreach programs.