Why Google and Facebook want to change WA's transparency laws for election advertising Kim Malcolm talks with The Stranger associate editor Eli Sanders are why big tech companies like Facebook and Google want to change Washington's laws that govern transparency in political advertising. Kim Malcolm
Hated by neighbors, the tiny house village on Aurora will close The Licton Springs tiny house village is set to close early next year. The two-year permit for the city-authorized homeless camp on Aurora Avenue North in Seattle expires in March 2019, and the city is not looking to extend the permit or re-site the village elsewhere, according to officials. Kate Walters
Mayor Durkan explains her first budget Bill Radke spoke to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan about her proposed budget and what it says about her priorities for next year. Bill Radke
Who are the warriors? In 1980 the Census Bureau reported that 18 percent of Americans served in the armed forces. By 2016 that number dropped to 7 percent. What do veterans want civilians to know? Ross Reynolds
Seattle mayor's budget makes homeless spending permanent Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan’s budget proposal takes what was once temporary spending on the city's crisis of homelessness and makes it permanent. Kate Walters
Developers now have the keys to Seattle's Key Arena Seattle's City Council has approved a 39 year lease with Seattle Arena Company (ArenaCo) to occupy and run Key Arena. Paige Browning
Mayor Durkan begins overhaul of city's harassment reporting system Nearly a year after Seattle City Light employees started coming forward to describe sexual harassment in their department, Mayor Jenny Durkan has announced changes to the way harassment complaints handled in city government. Sydney Brownstone
This week we're tearing down walls — including the gum ones Bill Radke reviews all the week’s imbroglios with Erica Barnett, writer for the C is for Crank, Mike McGinn the former mayor of Seattle and Chris Vance the co-chair of Washington Independents. Bill Radke
People of color are more likely to be evicted in Seattle A new report shows more than half the tenants that had evictions filed against them in Seattle in 2017 were people of color. Nearly half of all cases were in zip codes where the white population increased from 2011 to 2016. Kate Walters
