Slog AM: Ballard Light Rail Is Dead for Now, Markwayne Mullin Keeps Threatening to Ban International Flights to Sanctuary Cities, Trump Still Pushing Trump Bucks

Sound Transit’s board voted down the Ballard light rail extension yesterday due to a $35 billion budget gap, though the agency kept other regional lines intact including service to Federal Way, Tacoma, Lynnwood, and Everett. King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci was the only dissenting vote besides Seattle Councilmember Dan Strauss, citing this as the fourth realignment of the ST3 plan voters approved. The board required transit staff to present a timeline for eventually reaching Ballard by August 1.