Here's what we learned in the Aug. 3 primary election.

Crosscut columnist Katie Wilson on her series exploring the arguments surrounding renter laws in Seattle and King County.

Could Seattle become like Vienna and house everyone affordably?

Both Lorena González and Bruce Harrell come with City Hall baggage.

Air conditioning is rare in Seattle, but if we want to breathe indoors amid hotter, smokier summers, we’ll have to take action — soon.

Housing vouchers and guaranteed income could transform our city and help suffering citizens get housed.

Allow the market to build way more housing — and build way more outside the market.

Recent incidents in the region and a secession movement in Oregon show the Civil War era and its divisions still echo in the Northwest.

One of the most challenging moments of my life taught me resilience. We need that now more than ever.

Wildfires don’t affect only the drier, eastern part of the state. The densely populated west side is also vulnerable to burns.

Some advice to King County on choosing its next sheriff, and the next director of the Office of Law Enforcement Oversight.

The climate crisis has added new urgency to an ambitious idea. 

Poor outcomes and disproportionate impacts on kids of color have propelled a once-fringe idea into the mainstream in Washington state.

If a hot market combined with regulations is driving mom and pop landlords to sell, there may be little we can or should do about it.

Vancouver’s Expo ’86 was the last time North America hosted a world’s fair. Here’s what made it a golden moment.