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Mike Lowry

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    New Slade Gorton Biography: Arrogant, Fascinating and Always Contrarian

    ​Throughout his long political career, Slade Gorton was often characterized as aloof and arrogant, impatient, out of touch. His cocky certainty on seemingly every issue of the day made people furious, though they admired -- were even awed -- by the sheer intellectualism that guided him as a th ... More >>

  • News

    March 2, 2011

    Is Dawud Malik the Wrong Man?

    44 years after being sentenced for murders he says he didn't commit, freedom might come with a cost: ignoring his innocence.

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Shakedown Streets: Excerpts from Seattle Vice

    Longtime Weekly writer Rick Anderson's new book recounts the era of corruption that predated "Seattle Nice."

  • News

    July 21, 2010

    Meet the Ladies Who'll Decide if We Can Drink All Night

    The three members of the state Liquor Control Board hold all the cards on McGinn's nightlife initiative.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Let's Meet the Ladies Who'll Decide Whether Seattle Can Drink All Night

    ​As you've likely heard by now, Mayor McGinn's nightlife initiative, unveiled yesterday, proposes to do away with mandated last call, allowing bars to keep serving as long as they like, or never stop serving at all. No doubt a certain segment of Seattle will be very high on this idea. But, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Governorpalooza: Wall-to-Wall Pols for Big Al's 100th

    Al Rosellini and his 100-candle cake​"Hello governor," Congressman Dave Reichert said, walking in Saturday morning. "And governor, governor, governor..." There were six in all - Mike Lowry, John Spellman, Dan Evans, Booth Gardner, Gary Locke, and Chris Gregoire. At the Skyline assisted-living ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Former Governor Mike Lowry on Mike Huckabee: "I Sympathize"

    Former Washington Governor Mike Lowry says he's thankful a commutation he made never came back to haunt him like Mike Huckabee's.​Former Washington Governor Mike Lowry says he's fortunate never to have been in the same position as Mike Huckabee, the then-Arkansas governor who granted clemency ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Illinois Corruption Envy

    I spent the first few months in Seattle after a year in Chicago being constantly surprised at how easily shocked everyone seemed to be by the whiff of political misdeeds. Don't get me wrong; holding people accountable for following campaign finance rules is a noble and worthy effort. But where our p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Via-Duck You Sucker!!!

    I spent the first few months in Seattle after a year in Chicago being constantly surprised at how easily shocked everyone seemed to be by the whiff of political misdeeds. Don't get me wrong; holding people accountable for following campaign finance rules is a noble and worthy effort. But where our p ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    Gregoire’s History of Rejections

    The Olympia bar incident is merely another milestone in the life of an attorney general turned governor.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    More Details of Gregoire's ID Incident Uncovered

    The Olympia bar incident is merely another milestone in the life of an attorney general turned governor.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    Change-a-Charter: The Sequel

    The Olympia bar incident is merely another milestone in the life of an attorney general turned governor.

  • News

    June 28, 2006

    Wonks and Nerds

    What Bill Gates and Warren Buffett can teach Maria Cantwell and Christine Gregoire.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2006

    A Problem Like Maria's

    What Bill Gates and Warren Buffett can teach Maria Cantwell and Christine Gregoire.

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Full Moon Fever

    The city attorney 'turns the screws' on Seattle's historic bohemian bar.

  • Arts

    June 14, 2006

    Muralist Michael Fajans Dies

    The Northwest loses a visionary, an activist, and a motorcycle buff. Plus other arts news.

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Gregoire's Full-Court Press

    The Legislature is poised to give handouts to the Sonics but might not deliver on regional transportation.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    Donkey Kong

    Democrats control state government, but the challenges facing Washington will severely test their ability to govern.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    Mossback's Guide to the Governors

    Democrats control state government, but the challenges facing Washington will severely test their ability to govern.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    On the Tree Stump

    Money pours into the 5 million acre campaign for state public lands commissioner.

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Swingtown, WA

    The Eastside suburb of Issaquah has proven to be a bellwether for presidential, gubernatorial, and senatorial races. And this year, Democrats seem to have the advantage.

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    A Campaign Gets Ugly

    Republicans applaud while Democratic gubernatorial candidates Christine Gregoire and Ron Sims tangle.

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Locke Out

    Happily, the governor decides to move on. The challenge, now, is for real Democrats to show they can do better.

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Seattle finally had a chance to make a statement about the arts by erecting a world-class structure. . . . But they blew it.

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    Big Gamble

    Should we plug the states budget hole by expanding casino gambling beyond the reservations? A proposal in Olympia is tempting legislatorsand teachersto do just that.

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    What's Wrong with Channel 9?

    Big ambitions, expanding overhead, shrinking local programming . . . does Channel 9 know what it's doing?

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    Peace Out

    Big ambitions, expanding overhead, shrinking local programming . . . does Channel 9 know what it's doing?

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Franken-forest

    Scientists are messing with the genes of trees: Is it a threat to the environment or a boon?

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    Power Lesbians

    Queer women on top in the Emerald City.

  • News

    November 1, 2000

    Death Race 2000

    Our unflinching guide to the awesome horror of the electoral process.

  • News

    September 13, 2000

    Fun house election

    Our primary picks steer you past the clumsy clowns to the true artists.

  • News

    August 23, 2000

    Hanford: It's back

    Our primary picks steer you past the clumsy clowns to the true artists.

  • News

    August 16, 2000

    War of the greens

    Lowry is back from the ranch and running for lands' czar.

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    Campaign Cocktail

    Do well Cantwell

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    Another four years?

    Do well Cantwell

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    "Gary Locke is a decent guy and brilliant on policy issues, but his leadership is questionable."

    Do well Cantwell

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Governor Soccer Dad

    Can we trust Washington's future to Gary Locke?

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    No, we can't talk

    Can we trust Washington's future to Gary Locke?

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Target: Slade

    Democrats say Gorton's vulnerable, but talk is cheap.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    PROGRESSIVES' PARADISE LOST?

    How did the political pendulum swing so far to the right in the former'Soviet of Washington'? And is it swinging back?

  • News

    March 3, 1999

    Letters

    Stark contrast

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Lists of the '90s

    Instant Nostalgia issue

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Letters

    Tribe takes issue

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    Letters

    Wisdom from the cells

  • News

    September 16, 1998

    The Times' 'mission'

    Wisdom from the cells

  • News

    September 9, 1998

    For the news that gives you fits...

    Wisdom from the cells

  • News

    September 9, 1998

    Supreme showdown

    Some seek judicial harmony, and others sound strident notes in this year's battles for the state's high court seats.

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