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Patterson’s Plan
“WHAT DO WE WANT to look like when we grow up?” Who better to ask than that quintessential…
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Cancerous Campaign
Voter activist Andy Stephenson fights charges he faked his illness—from his hospital bed.
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Staving Off Message
The governor faces a $2.2 billion deficit, but she's proposed neither budget cuts nor new revenue. Hmmm.
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Biotech Land Rush
A glut of development is planned in Seattle, Bothell, and Rentonenough to accommodate tens of thousands of life-science…
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The Money Keeps Flowing
After federal reform, Washington's wealthy political donors find new outlets.
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Substance and Sideshow
DID YOU FOCUS ON the substance or the sideshow? I’m talking about the city budget process, of course.…
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Double-Zing Ceremony
At the state Supreme Court, arguments on gay marriage elicit some clues to the justices' thinking.
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‘Queen Christine’ and the Tax Revolt
The governor must defend a huge transportation plan she helped pass. But business, labor, and environmental groups aren't…
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Another Pea for the Pod
The Seattle City Council fills its vacancy with someone like them: Sally Clark.
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Outrage Overdue
WHAT THIS LIBRARY needs is a little noise. Instead, everyone is remaining mum while the Seattle Public Library’s…
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Neither Dead nor Alive
The Seattle Monorail Project is on the ballot for a fifth time because of political and financial miscalculations…
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Transit murder
A hot spring day, a standing-room-only bus, one grouchy newshound (me), and one sad sack from California paid…