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    Jorge Carrasco, the second highest-paid public employee in...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • July 2, 2014 3:27 pm

    Jorge Carrasco, the second highest-paid public employee in Seattle, will have to get by on $245,000 for the indefinite future….

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    For all of you out there outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court
    For all of you out there outraged over...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 30, 2014 2:31 pm

    For all of you out there outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court decision today that closely held corporations cannot be…

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    Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that employees with religious objections can opt
    Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that employees with...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 30, 2014 11:07 am

    Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that employees with religious objections can opt out of providing contraception coverage under Obamacare was…

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    Tim Lincecum fired his second career no-hitter this afternoon, as the first-place
    Tim Lincecum fired his second career no-hitter this...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 25, 2014 3:33 pm

    Tim Lincecum fired his second career no-hitter this afternoon, as the first-place San Francisco Giants beat San Diego, 4-0. A…

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    Now that we’ve legalized the stuff, our leaders can’t stop falling all
    Now that we’ve legalized the stuff, our leaders...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 25, 2014 3:05 pm

    Now that we’ve legalized the stuff, our leaders can’t stop falling all over themselves to make sure we don’t go…

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    Frances Bean Cobain was a wee toddler when her famous father killed
    Frances Bean Cobain was a wee toddler when...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 23, 2014 12:03 pm

    Frances Bean Cobain was a wee toddler when her famous father killed himself at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard…

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    The climactic moment of the first gay-pride event took place in the International Fountain.
    This weekend, Seattle Gay Pride will be celebrated...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 18, 2014 11:20 am

    This weekend, Seattle Gay Pride will be celebrated with picnics, parties, and reunions rife with tears and hugs, and culminate…

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    Above: SDOT bridge crew chief Joe Grande oversees the country’s busiest drawbridge. Inset: The Fremont Bridge tallies one of the first of its 652,444 openings.
    At your next cocktail party, when talk turns...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 5, 2014 3:26 pm

    At your next cocktail party, when talk turns to Seattle’s drawbridges, as it inevitably will, you might mention that the…

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    Have you ever noticed that often the beauty of a restaurant seems
    Have you ever noticed that often the beauty...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 5, 2014 2:37 pm

    Have you ever noticed that often the beauty of a restaurant seems to enhance the flavor of its food, or…

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    His pain was so searing it left me gasping. I’ve not seen
    His pain was so searing it left me...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • May 27, 2014 2:15 pm

    His pain was so searing it left me gasping. I’ve not seen anything in a long time so crushing and…

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    Jean Godden announced she will again run for City Council in 2015.
    One evening in the early 1980s, Jean Godden,...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • May 22, 2014 1:28 pm

    One evening in the early 1980s, Jean Godden, then a staff writer at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was invited to a…

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    Poor Barry, he really could use some cheering up. “The onetime messiah
    Poor Barry, he really could use some cheering...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • May 21, 2014 12:06 pm

    Poor Barry, he really could use some cheering up. “The onetime messiah seems like a sad sack,” as New York…

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    “Too many good soldiers have had their lives destroyed.”
    Years have passed since Jacques Pugh’s time in...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • May 9, 2014 1:27 pm

    Years have passed since Jacques Pugh’s time in Bosnia and later in Iraq, where he served in the 81st Infantry…

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    Krisana Bick, Kali Henson, and Thomas Terry
    Mayor Ed Murray’s frosty reception to a Seattle-only...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • May 7, 2014 2:09 pm

    Mayor Ed Murray’s frosty reception to a Seattle-only ballot initiative to staunch gaping cuts to Metro bus service is at…

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    Bertha, the world’s biggest tunnel boring machine, is expected to dock in
    Washington State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson today...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 29, 2014 1:58 pm

    Washington State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson today told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson that considering the fact that the tunnel…

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    You got to be 21 to buy alcohol and pot. So why
    You got to be 21 to buy alcohol...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 23, 2014 2:42 pm

    You got to be 21 to buy alcohol and pot. So why shouldn’t cigarette smokers follow suit? “It’s considered to…

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    It’s finally happening. Soon we will all feel the earth move –
    Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, Bertha,...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 21, 2014 1:15 pm

    Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, Bertha, the world’s largest – and most temperamental – tunnel boring machine will…

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    Bertha’s lousy tunnel vision notwithstanding, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, our deteriorating double-decker
    Bertha’s lousy tunnel vision notwithstanding, the Alaskan Way...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 17, 2014 4:00 pm

    Bertha’s lousy tunnel vision notwithstanding, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, our deteriorating double-decker dud, will one day soon come rattling down,…

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    John Gleason, forefront, and other 98 Union residents fear an aerial peepshow if sky-borne pods were to travel beside their building.
    Beneath a vast blue sky piled high with...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 17, 2014 10:47 am

    Beneath a vast blue sky piled high with billowy white clouds, Kyle Griffith climbs out of his shiny black S300…

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    Well, yes, it turns out there is. A lumberjack for one. Apologies
    Well, yes, it turns out there is. A...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 15, 2014 11:59 am

    Well, yes, it turns out there is. A lumberjack for one. Apologies to Monty Python, but no, being a lumberjack…

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