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Planning for the new Interstate Bridge will include light rail.

Planning for the new Interstate Bridge will include light rail.

Joe Biden is coming tonight. He’s arriving in Seattle around 5 pm, and he’s expected to talk about infrastructure investment, climate change, and prescription drug coverage. He’s also going to a fundraiser, which shouldn’t be the sort of thing a president should have to waste his time with, but that’s the country we’re stuck with. Oh well! What on Earth is local government? King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay just posted a nice Local Government 101...

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program always planned on mass transit, but left the choice between light rail and Bus Rapid Transit open until now.

Insurance commissioner says “I feel bad” about racial slur accusations. Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is accused of various misdeeds involving offensive, racist, or just plain rude comments and behavior. You can read the specifics here — it’s pretty bad! If you have a feeling he might've offered a half-hearted non-apology that starts with the word "if," why, then you must be psychic. Update: In a statement released this morning, he issued a...

Billions of dollars in federal funding are now up for grabs that could help replace the aging I-5 Interstate Bridge that connects Washington and Oregon.

Bridges, roads, infrastructure — they’re inanimate things. So how can they not be fair to everyone? How can they not be equitable?

Tolling for the proposed new Interstate 5 Bridge will be administered by the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program staff announced Thursday.

Despite a cacophony of far-right voices calling for U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s resignation from Congress and questioning her conservatism, she is steadfast in her campaign to hold the seat.

The city of Vancouver is still persistently inching toward its “leading edge” efforts of achieving carbon neutrality by 2040, an aggressive timeline that sets itself apart from other ecologically progressive cities combating climate change.