News items for February 20, 2019
(Also showing draft and scheduled news items)
CC-licensed art by Ryan Oakley
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1. Is it time for WA to give ranked-choice voting a shot?
Some lawmakers say it could make for less divisive politics. Others remain wary, based on Pierce County’s past experience with the alternative voting method.
Crosscut
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2. OR is pushing for a housing overhaul
Will Oregon be the first state to do away with zoning that only allows single-family homes?
Willamette Week
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3. When wealth doesn’t reach everyone
The Seattle area ranks among the richest places in the country. Yet some households are worth little, or nothing at all.
Seattle Times
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4. Blockadia has another job to do
Portland is exploring options to stop the doubling of oil trains in the city.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
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5. 7 people share what got them out of homelessness
Much of the policy conversation about how to ease homelessness involves people who have never been homeless.
Seattle Times
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6. Whose waste, whose water?
Tugboat operators are suing the EPA for limiting the dumping of solid waste in the Puget Sound.
The Stranger
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7. Green New Deal: Saving the US or turning it socialist?
What’s the best path to move toward an emissions-free future? For most voters, the answer has as much to do with their economic worldview as their ideas about the environment.
Christian Science Monitor
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8. The inequity of walking
Native Americans have the highest pedestrian fatality risk of any racial group.
Streetsblog
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9. A toxic endeavor
The EPA considers whether some levels of toxic chemicals and radiation are good for people.
Los Angeles Times
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10. Seattle will provide free transit for some low-income residents
The program will be expanded to some of the lowest-income Seattle residents living in Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) properties.
Curbed Seattle