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Seattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson is due to announce her five-year strategic

Seattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson is due to announce her five-year strategic plan next month. The non-profit Alliance…

Kohn (left) helped former meth-head Terry Grant (right) go to college.

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The Patron Saint of Ex-Cons

If no one comes to his aid, Ari Kohn will be spending his way to homelessness.

Gulf War vet Julie Mock heads a VFW-like group whose membership is limited to veterans of modern wars.

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The War Vet Generation Gap

Camaraderie is in short supply between Iraq returnees and older veterans.

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Tigabie TekebaWhen I wrote this week’s story on the taxi war ignited

Tigabie TekebaWhen I wrote this week’s story on the taxi war ignited by King County’s attempt to hand…

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A homeowner during happier times at NewHolly (Photo by Judith Eve Lipton)Homeowners

A homeowner during happier times at NewHolly (Photo by Judith Eve Lipton)Homeowners at NewHolly, Seattle Housing Authority’s mixed…

Did Ron Sims Play Favorites With Cabbies?

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Did Ron Sims Play Favorites With Cabbies?

Drivers are crying foul and filing suit.

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The WASL has been much on my mind recently, and not just

The WASL has been much on my mind recently, and not just because the state Legislature yesterday moved…

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Was the Hearing Officer too Sarcastic?

Either way, judge calls for a re-do.

Some question whether recycling glass is more trouble than it’s worth.

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Recycling’s Own Boxer/Briefs Debate

The industry's split on the merits of separating versus “single stream.”

Briana Waters: from a bad “Family”?

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More Details Emerge in UW’s Eco-Arson Case

What's this about the Mafia-like "Family"?

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(Huskies website)The Seattle Times’ Danny Wesneat writes this morning about a storm

(Huskies website)The Seattle Times’ Danny Wesneat writes this morning about a storm of criticism from Huskies fans that…

Attorney Theresa Allman covers three floors of the muni courthouse, where she’s one of just two attorneys from her firm serving defendants.

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Is This Really the Best Defense?

Nickels' critics wonder if defendants have suffered since the mayor put public-defense contracts out to bid.

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(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)It’s interesting that Bill Gates’ speech today on

(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)It’s interesting that Bill Gates’ speech today on “creative capitalism,” his idea to prompt…

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Contrary to rumor, Snohomish County Prosecutor Janice Ellis is not digging into

Contrary to rumor, Snohomish County Prosecutor Janice Ellis is not digging into her office’s old three-strikes case files,…

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Lakeside Vindicated in Discrimination Lawsuit

Judge calls evidence “subjective.”

Satterberg, with lifers’ files.

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Prosecutor Admits Possible Injustice in the “Three-Strikes” Law.

Will anyone follow?

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(Lakeside brochure)A federal judge last week dismissed the racial discrimination claims made

(Lakeside brochure)A federal judge last week dismissed the racial discrimination claims made by one of two African American…

“This is my pastor. He's for change, too!"

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Meet Clinton’s “Informal Adviser” on Evangelicals

Don Argue is tight-lipped about the extent of the relationship.

UW student Dawn Wiltzius had a bad pass through Pend Oreille County.

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Haven’t Cons and Their Kids Been Separated Long Enough?

A new state law is keeping families apart, even after a convict is released.

Joe Fuiten has taken evangelicals’ embrace of Judaism to unforeseen heights.

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Pews for Jews

A local evangelical is building a local connection to Israel.