Urban PDX is a blog by a Portland writer covering local housing and transit policy, including transit payroll taxes, social housing, and transit-oriented zoning. Each issue argues a specific policy position using historical context, comparisons with other states, and data on ridership and housing production.
Website: https://urbanpdx.blog/
Slow Boring is a politics and public policy newsletter offering pragmatic, data-informed commentary on current affairs. Recent issues cover housing policy on the ballot, mortgage affordability, and critiques of deception in culture and tech.
A close, detailed reporter's look at Austin city council races, profiling candidates in Districts 1, 5 and 9 through their backgrounds, coalitions and voting records. It explains local political factions and history that help readers judge candidates who lack public records.
Advocacy journalism covering Seattle and Puget Sound urban policy, including transit, housing, street safety and city budgets. Readers get local reporting with an openly pro-urbanist viewpoint, plus event announcements and candidate endorsements.
MendoLocal.News covers Mendocino County government and civic affairs with fact-based reporting drawn from board meetings, payroll records and election officials. Readers get specific, sourced accounts of local decisions on pay, permitting and voting access.
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