Mike Merritt

Last night’s face-off between Attorney General Bob Ferguson and former Congressman Dave Reichert was decidedly low-key in contrast to the fiery presidential debate completed only moments before. The two candidates...

Paine Field’s commercial service got off to a promising start in 2019, when passenger volume hit one million passengers. But then COVID-19 hit, and the airport has struggled since.

Commissioner Sam Cho argues that too heavy-handed an approach would simply lead cruise lines to shift operations elsewhere, such as Canada, with less stringent conditions.

These are tough times for the nation’s largest ferry system, which carried 8.8 million passengers (about half the population of New York state) and 8.6 million vehicles in 2022.

These are not just grueling bicycle races. They are three-week telenovelas filled with pain, glory, and tragedy. Women's cycling is growing in visibility.

She still follows the lesson of her mother: Do the best you can for the community you live in.

The outcome of the Francis Scott Key Bridge investigation likely will have ramifications not only in Baltimore but around the country.

In January, state legislators, local mayors, and community activists from Des Moines to Beacon Hill assailed the Port for turning its back on residents suffering from noise and air pollution caused by the rising number of jets thundering overhead.  

What the political establishment did not recognize at the time of Cho's surprise election in 2019 was that Cho was one of a rising tide of young, progressive, and politically well-connected men and women of color with strong ties to labor. 

In one notable race, the New Bellevue of fast growth, high-rise development, and increasingly diverse population came up against the Old Bellevue culture of middle-class neighborhoods fighting to protect their character.