Bellevue building inspectors issued a formal notice of violation this week after determining that Mayor Mo Malakoutian's cheekbones exceed allowable height limits under the city's land use code. Continue Reading
In a decisive show of civic engagement, Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved an $8 billion levy Tuesday aimed at studying why things in Seattle cost so much. The measure passed with 72% support. Continue Reading
After years of cost overruns, engineering challenges, and increasingly strained subarea math, Sound Transit officials announced a breakthrough solution to the long-running ST3 Ballard-Issaquah dilemma: Ballard will be renamed "Issaquah." Continue Reading
The Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR) issued an emergency rule late Tuesday temporarily blocking access to Zillow and Redfin in Medina and several nearby Points communities after detecting what officials described as "highly irregular and coordinated browsing behavior." Continue Reading
Just days after the opening of the Sound Transit Crosslake Connection, Pioneer Square residents are raising alarms about what they describe as a "rapid and highly coordinated shift in neighborhood character," following an influx of Eastside visitors arriving via the new line. Continue Reading
Our Board of Directors convened for their March meeting earlier this week, and in addition to our regularly scheduled programming, did a formal welcome for our newest group of recruits. Get to know them — or get re-acquainted — below! Continue Reading
Congrats to our members over at Global Credit Union, who just re-opened their Crossroads location under a new name and a new look: Global Credit Union! Continue Reading
5 Things You Need to Know This Week: Bellevue and Eastside News in Advocacy, Events & the Community Continue Reading
1. Olympia Update: This Week in the Legislature The Weekly Update: Yesterday, Feb. 17, was the deadline for bills to pass out of their house of origin to remain viable. Now, we wait for operating budgets to be released. Today... Continue Reading
1. Olympia Update: Week 4 of the Sesh While you are (hopefully) out hooping it up at the parade, our Olympia lobbyist is working away at getting us the scoop from inside the Capitol! We are officially halfway through the 2026 legislative session, with the House of Origin Cutoff... Continue Reading
1. Olympia Update: Week 3 Another week, another update from our lobbyist Lyset on what's shaking down at the legislative session. This week, the proposed "millionaire's tax" legislation was released — more on that in item #2 — and more generally, committees began moving beyond... Continue Reading
1. Live from Olympia: Week 2 of the Legislative Session There's six weeks left in the legislative session, but who's counting? Our Olympia lobbyist, Lyset Cadena, has been pumping out weekly updates from the Capitol, and our President & CEO Joe Fain popped over himself last... Continue Reading
