Free trade, fair trade, and the voices between.
Charges of burglary, slander, and environmental degradation fly in fight over Thornton Creek.
LOVE HIM or hate him, Paul Allen is still the man to see about Seattle's new New Economy. Last week, Allen's development company, Vulcan Inc.,… Continue reading
Seattle City Light's controversial new plan to lower rates and save the environment.
Puget Sound Energy wants to raise your electric bill.
ONE THOUSAND acres of forestland. A new water treatment plant. Cripes, the price of passage through Seattle's Cedar River watershed is awfully expensive, the Bonneville… Continue reading
Citizens' group is keeping a wary eye on the river's cleanup.
Whistle-blower Stephen Taufen claims state officials are ignoring an accounting scandal on the scale of Enron.
COULD THOSE Sea-Tac Airport workers who vacuum the planes, pour the drinks, and push the wheelchairs help fight the War on Terrorism? Local unions say… Continue reading
Neighbors Against Drugs takes aim at paraphernalia.
THE SEGWAY Human Transporter, the most hyped two-wheeled contraption since the Razor scooter, is about to become street legal in Washington. Thanks to a bill… Continue reading
Pike Place Market merchants fight their landlord.
WHO COULD possibly want electricity rates in the Northwest to go higher? An alliance of West Coast greens and East Coast smokestack industries, that's who.… Continue reading
WILL LIBERAL SEATTLE listen when a conservative Republican lectures them on the dangers of dentistry? King County Council member Kent Pullen, R-Kent, sure thinks so.… Continue reading
The recession and state cuts mean hard times for child-care centers.
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