City Council voted 10-1 to create new animal dumping fines. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, who delayed the vote over an ongoing procedural fight with council members last week, was the lone dissenter.

Seattle set out in the 2000s to increase its climate resilience by boosting its tree canopy, and in recent years focused especially on the needs of poorer and more diverse neighborhoods. But ...

Louisville city leaders are hoping a program aimed at selling abandoned homes will breathe new life into neighborhoods.