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Who’s running against Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson?

1 day ago | cascadepbs.org | Josh Cohen

Seattle voters affirmed that political shift in 2023 when they elected a slate of five district councilmembers who are closely aligned with Nelson’s political vision. Nelson took the lead as Council president just two years into her first term. The 2025 District 9 Council election will give voters a chance to respond to Nelson’s leadership of the Council and the more conservative bent she and her colleagues have brought to City Hall. Nelson faces three opponents in her bid for reelection.
Ethics rules for Seattle Council could change under new proposal

3 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Josh Cohen

Councilmember Cathy Moore introduced legislation Thursday to modify Seattle’s ethics rules to allow Councilmembers to disclose conflicts of interest and still vote on legislation that presents the conflict, rather than recuse themselves from the vote, as is currently required.
The four candidates running for Seattle’s District 2 Council seat

3 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Josh Cohen

This fall, voters in southeast Seattle’s District 2, which stretches from the Chinatown-International District through Rainier Beach, will elect someone to finish the remaining two years in former D2 Councilmember Tammy Morales’s four-year term. Morales resigned from the Council at the start of 2025, just one year after being reelected, alleging toxic treatment by her colleagues.
Detained WA farmworker denied release over jurisdiction dispute

6 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Farah Eltohamy

Farmworker organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez participates in the Farmworker Tribunal at the State Capitol in January. Juarez, 25, was arrested by immigration officials on March 25. (Jason Redmond for Cascade PBS) Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, a farmworker and union organizer whose March arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement drew national outcry, will remain in detention after a judge announced Friday that she lacked jurisdiction to release him on bond.
The Nosh: Cooking up kindness with Seattle bakers and chefs

6 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Rachel Belle

Bored and craving connection during the pandemic, Seattle’s Lanne Rosebrook Stauffer created the country’s first Little Free Bakery, filling a latched box in Magnolia with homemade treats for her neighbors to enjoy each week. Not long after, she convinced her friend, food writer Jill Lightner, to open her own Little Free Bakery in Columbia City. Three years later, what started as a stress-baking experiment continues to be a joyful way to create community, one cookie, cupcake and muffin at a time.
ArtSEA: NEA tells Northwest arts orgs their funding is “terminated”

6 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis

Sent to NEA grantees (including those awaiting NEA-recommended funds), the after-hours Friday-night alert explained that the arts endowment “may terminate a federal award … if an award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.” The email included a list of new agency priorities, several of which seemed to suggest a surprising direction in funding, such as projects that: “celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence,” “foster AI competency,” “empower houses of...
REI Co-op members reject company board picks after union campaign

1 week ago | cascadepbs.org | Nate Sanford

The outdoor retailer drew criticism for blocking union-backed candidates from the ballot and for its initial support of a Trump appointee. Exterior views of the REI Co-Op flagship store in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., Jan. 28, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS) (M. Scott Brauer) In a show of discontent, REI Co-op members voted to reject the slate of candidates put forward by the company in this year’s Board of Directors elections.
Your Last Meal | Singer Sharon Van Etten almost became a sommelier

1 week ago | cascadepbs.org | Rachel Belle

Sharon’s love of wine started in high school, when she was an exchange student living with a family in Spain. So host Rachel Belle interviews the founders of Open That Bottle Night, a couple of former Wall Street Journal wine writers who created an annual holiday to encourage people to open the special bottles of wine that no occasion seemed to be special enough for. Sharon says she doesn’t like to cook when she’s in a bad mood because the food always ends up tasting bad.
'Vastly more walkable': Seattle's Pike Place Market tests car ban

1 week ago | cascadepbs.org | Nate Sanford

A visitor to the Market can now begin their journey at the new Waterfront Park, entering its first summer after a lengthy redevelopment and the 2019 demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Walkers can cross Elliott Way through the new Overlook Walk Skybridge and enter the Market through Victor Steinbrueck Park, which reopened in March after a lengthy closure tied to a dispute over totem poles.
‘Especially consequential’: Ferguson signs rent cap bill into law

1 week ago | cascadepbs.org | Laurel Demkovich

A ‘For Rent’ sign on a house in Bellingham’s York neighborhood on Friday, March 7, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer/Cascade PBS) Caps on yearly rent increases are officially law after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the contentious bill on Wednesday. Ferguson, who had remained silent on his position throughout the legislative session, said Wednesday that the new law will be “especially consequential” for Washington residents.