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Okay, everybody, take a deep breath. The news is bad–but not that

Okay, everybody, take a deep breath. The news is bad–but not that bad, at least locally. There was…

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The Seattle Public School Board will finally decide tomorrow which schools will

The Seattle Public School Board will finally decide tomorrow which schools will close and which students will be…

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Teacher training is great but who’s looking after their students? Yesterday’s proposal

Teacher training is great but who’s looking after their students? Yesterday’s proposal by legislators to cut the school…

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School projector screens tuned in to KCTS coverage I was lucky enough

School projector screens tuned in to KCTS coverage I was lucky enough to score one of the best…

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Madoff Kicks the Racial Gap in the Crotch

The Racial Disparity Project’s donors had invested with the embattled investor, and can’t afford to be nearly as…

Our Failing Economy’s a Boon to Drug-Law Reformers

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Our Failing Economy’s a Boon to Drug-Law Reformers

Gregoire’s crafting a bill, as part of her sweeping cost-cutting plan, that would further reduce drug sentences.

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Newly sworn in state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn isn’t wasting

Newly sworn in state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn isn’t wasting any time in overhauling the WASL.…

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  In the more than a decade since the Death with Dignity law

In the more than a decade since the Death with Dignity law was enacted in Oregon, several researchers…

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   Seattle City Council member Nick Licata, chair of a committee that

Seattle City Council member Nick Licata, chair of a committee that deals with culture, is holding a meeting…

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 Can tolls save this street?  The agreement to build a tunnel to replace

Can tolls save this street?The agreement to build a tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct will undoubtedly…

Maryanne Clayton with her son, Eric, in the Fred Hutch waiting room: “I just kept going.”

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Terminal Uncertainty

Washington’s new “Death With Dignity” law allows doctors to help people commit suicide—once they’ve determined that the patient…

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Khaki Jumpsuits Are the New Black

Washington's prisons may add insult to injury by stopping Bugle Boy, Ralph Lauren, and Levi at the gate.

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  The economic crisis has prompted just about every government agency to cut

The economic crisis has prompted just about every government agency to cut costs both big and small. There’s…

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 APP students might be moving to Thurgood Marshall Elementary  Seattle Schools Superintendent Maria

APP students might be moving to Thurgood Marshall ElementarySeattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson made her final recommendations for…

Bypass Fail

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Bypass Fail

No Child Left Behind was supposed to shut down or "restructure" failing schools. A Seattle middle school shows…

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  Sure, you can occasionally spot a coyote on the Eastside or a

Sure, you can occasionally spot a coyote on the Eastside or a few raccoons walking down the street…

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  When my husband and I moved into our house on Beacon Hill,

When my husband and I moved into our house on Beacon Hill, I waited eagerly for neighbors to…

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 Lakeside School can’t seem to stop offending racial sensibilities — particularly its

Lakeside School can’t seem to stop offending racial sensibilities — particularly its own — when it invites speakers.…

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  Stevan Dozier  The Washington State Clemency and Pardons Board voted this morning to

Stevan DozierThe Washington State Clemency and Pardons Board voted this morning to recommend clemency for serial purse snatcher…

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 Hawthorne Elementary, one of the schools on the latest closure list.  Yesterday, like

Hawthorne Elementary, one of the schools on the latest closure list.Yesterday, like many parents of Seattle Public School…