Two years ago, we wrote that the Kalakala was living on borrowed time, having been badly damaged by a snow and ice storm. This, most… Continue reading
On Dec. 2, nearly 50 activists braved freezing temperatures to attend a meeting of Woodland Park Zoo’s Board of Directors. They had come to discuss… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee is calling for a tax hike of nearly $1.3 billion, to be achieved largely from a 7 percent capital gains tax, a… Continue reading
Looks like we can no longer blame the world’s largest (and most unreliable) tunneling machine for the sinking and shifting and cracking landscape in Pioneer… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee today unveiled a 12-year, $12 billion plan to overhaul Washington state’s transportation system. Nearly one-third of that price tag, he proposed, should… Continue reading
On a frosty February morning in 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession, state House Speaker Frank Chopp implored a gathering of labor leaders… Continue reading
The morning of November 25 broke dark and wicked cold. Ed Murray had been up late the night before. Weary and worried, he didn’t get… Continue reading
What’s up with the Seattle School Board? On the day before Thanksgiving, the Board very quietly added to its agenda for this Wednesday’s meeting a… Continue reading
The specter of the viaduct replacement saga becoming an historic public-works boondoggle has some jittery members of Seattle City Council rapidly losing confidence that the… Continue reading
Well, we can all rest easier now. Seattle streets, at least for the time being, are free of people who steal Jack LaLanne Power Juicers.A… Continue reading
What’s up with the Seattle School Board? On the day before Thanksgiving, the Board very quietly added to its agenda for this Wednesday’s meeting a… Continue reading
A contrary Kshama Sawant cast the lone dissenting vote today for Mayor Ed Murray’s budget, calling the city’s $4.8 billion financial footprint for 2015-2016 “business… Continue reading
Hours before President Obama was to reveal plans Thursday evening to shield up to five million undocumented workers from deportation, dozens of people gathered outside… Continue reading
Bamboo and Chai will be lonely no more.The Woodland Park Zoo has just announced that it will find a new home for its two solitary… Continue reading
Councilwoman Kshama Sawant plays by her own strange and bewildering rules when it comes to dealing with the media – not to mention her colleagues… Continue reading
Like an old familiar friend, Joan Baez appeared on stage Friday evening at The Moore Theatre, and for 105 enchanting minutes she ushered a decidedly… Continue reading
In passing a $4 billion budget for Seattle today by a 9-0 vote, the Council’s Budget Committee also unanimously approved an amendment by Councilmember Kshama… Continue reading
From the outset to the bitter end, Democrats would not take her seriously. She was too young, they said, unseasoned and unqualified—just a pretty face… Continue reading
Lost in all the hubbub over Republicans tightening their grip on the Washington State Senate is the prospect that the GOP could pick up as… Continue reading
It is interesting to note this election eve that even in America’s most bedrock, red-ribbed conservative crannies, initiatives to raise the minimum wage are expected… Continue reading
