Original reporting and analysis on the decisions shaping Kirkland, with sources you can check yourself.
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Original Articles
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How Much Public Review Is Enough?
Seattle just removed a public review step from its growth plan. Kirkland’s promised look back at its own process still hasn’t happened.
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How Kirkland's Affordable Housing Target Was Set
Kirkland must plan for 13,200 new homes by 2044. Where that number came from, in the city’s own documents.
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The School District Has Started a Review That Could Close Schools in 2028
The district has opened a review of enrollment, school capacity and attendance boundaries, with closing or combining schools among the options. What is being reviewed, what it looks like at each Kirkland school, and when residents can weigh in.
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What the Rose Hill Village Sale Means for the Station Area
Taylor Morrison’s 89 townhomes will be the station area’s first big redevelopment, and the last project of their kind the council will allow there.
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Kirkland's Council Is Weighing a Position on Two School Initiatives
Council is set to take positions on the two school measures October 20, six days after ballots mail. What Kirkland’s own record of twelve ballot-position resolutions says, and what a fair process looks like.
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Where Your Kirkland Property Tax Goes
The City of Kirkland gets about 12% of your property tax bill. Here’s where the rest goes, why bills rise even with a 1% cap, and what the 2027-2028 city budget means for you.