News items for June 30, 2022

In the current system, commissioners have both policy and executive roles. This type of governance was long ago abandoned by other major US cities.

The truth is that very few everyday people had ever given much thought to the concept of banning cars.

Rather than building new pipelines, fossil fuel companies are seeking to expand existing infrastructure in a way that will provoke less pushback.

Voters will get to decide whether the county should align elections for all of its offices in even-numbered years instead of electing many key positions in odd years.

The owner of a wood treatment plant is trying to walk away from its mess in Oregon. Neighbors say, not so fast.

The city is putting more of the revenue raised by its tax on Seattle’s largest companies to work to create affordable housing.

Making sense of the political theater over gas prices.

It is striking how often fire ecologists and climate scientists, when asked about conditions across the American West, describe half the nation as a “tinderbox.”

Some say the city needs more bike network connectivity and infrastructure that separates cars and bikers.

Iconic environmentalist Bill McKibben discusses the challenges and opportunities of the environmental movement.