Growth Facing high housing prices, Renton pushes backyard cottages By slashing permit fees, the city has had modest success spurring cottage construction. by Josh Cohen / December 6, 2018
Politics Seattle won its battle for density. What's next? Though a hearing examiner sided with the city, challengers still could pursue legal roadblocks. by Josh Cohen / November 30, 2018
Growth Can a $2.5B budget help King County reimagine transit? The county council wants regional funding, more equitable fares and a plan for self-driving cars. by Josh Cohen / November 28, 2018
Growth Can light rail expand without displacing low-income residents? Sound Transit believes it can. by Jen Dev / November 27, 2018
Environment To fix salmon streams, leave it to beavers Watch how scientists trap, rehabilitate and relocate beavers from suburban ponds to mountain streams. by Sarah Hoffman / November 26, 2018
Opinion In a time of rampant change, an enduring Mount Baker makes history The South Seattle neighborhood has been listed on the Washington Historic Register and on the National Register of Historic Places. by Knute Berger / November 23, 2018
Growth City says legal fight cost Seattle 717 affordable homes A city office calculated how many affordable apartments could have been built if the citywide MHA program wasn't on hold. by Josh Cohen / November 16, 2018
Growth Unwilling to wait 1,800 years for sidewalks, Seattle residents experiment A grassroots group has a plan to make sidewalk-less streets safer for walking. The city might make it official. by Josh Cohen / November 16, 2018
Growth In Seattle, Amazon HQ2 panic fizzles The tech giant appears to be staying put, but that doesn't mean it won't be using its newfound leverage to get what it wants. by Josh Cohen / November 14, 2018
Equity What Seattle’s redlining history tells us about wealth today VIDEO: Historian James Gregory tells us about the racist policy, when it ended and where its impacts are still being felt. by Eric Keto / November 9, 2018
Growth Low-income tenants find power in a union "Instead of each of us in our own little box struggling with our problems, there’s people saying 'oh I have that problem too.' There’s support." by Josh Cohen / October 29, 2018
Growth The man who forever changed Seattle's skyline Paul Allen's real estate investments leave a complicated legacy. by Eric Keto & Josh Cohen / October 23, 2018
Growth Why selling land to the highest bidder might not be the city’s best bet Seattle is just getting started on its mission to turn public lands into affordable housing. by Josh Cohen / October 23, 2018 / Updated at 3:30 p.m., Oct 24
Mossback's Northwest When Seattle Just Said ‘No’ People in Seattle often wonder: why did we wait so long for mass transit? Why don’t we have a central park? Why isn't this city more walkable? The answer: we voted against it. Seattle has a history of saying “no” to grand ideas. October 16, 2018
Growth 4 fresh ideas to ease Seattle's coming traffic nightmare Abandon hope all ye who enter the "Period of Maximum Constraint." by Josh Cohen / October 16, 2018