The Stranger’s 2025 Bill Tracker 

A Smorgasbord of Bills to Follow Through Our Sacred Democratic Process

What Happened on City Council This Year?

The Roses, the Thorns, And the Buds at City Hall 2024

Slog AM: Bethlehem Cancels Christmas Over Israel's Genocide, Azerbaijan Airplane Crash Kills 38, and I'm Sorry You Have To Work Today

Mayor Harrell Seems Unbeatable Because His Old Political Opponents Aren’t Trying to Beat Him

Labor Spent $1 Million to Keep Him out of Office, Now They’re Not Even Looking for a Challenger

Ten Times Sara Nelson Engaged In The “Performative, Ideological” “Political Theater” She Decries

Nelson’s Up For Reelection — Don’t Buy Her “Pragmatic Progressive” Schtick

Slog AM: Former Police Chief's Love Letter Revealed, California Declares State Of Emergency Over Bird Flu, Trump Risks Government Shutdown To Own The Libs

Landlord Lobby Wishlist Leaked

 Winter Eviction Moratorium, $10 Late Fee Cap, And Six Month Notice All On The Chopping Block

One Step Forward, One Step Back: How Progressives Can Still Enact Change After Tammy Morales Resignation

Council Member Rinck Redoubles Commitment to Working People as the New Lone Progressive

Slog AM: Council Member Saka Accuses Morales of Exaggerating Bullying Claims, SAM Workers Will Rally on the Picket Line, Cops Search for UnitedHealth CEO's Killer

Tammy Morales Resigns from City Council, Calls For Culture Change As New Progressive Swears In

The Progressive Agenda Is Popular With The People, But In City Hall It Puts A Target On Your Back

City Council Threatened to Put You Out in the Cold 

This Year's Eviction Moratorium Starts Today—Some New Progressive Energy Could Help Keep it That Way

City Council’s “People’s Budget” Just So Happens to Do Their Corporate Donors' Bidding

The 2025-2026 Budget Raids Affordable Housing Funds, Avoids New Taxes on the Rich, and Increases Police Budget

City Council May Consider Ethics Code Changes to Allow Council Members to Vote in Their Own Financial Interest

Council President Nelson Doesn’t Seem to Like When the Ethics Code Kills Her Bills

Hiding Centrism in Progressive Clothing

Political operatives want you to believe progressives win when they pivot right. They can't back it up.

Slog AM: Arrest Warrant Issued for Netanyahu’s Alleged War Crimes, WA Senators Vote for Genocide, and Tell Rob Saka to Vote “Yes” on Capital Gains