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Democrat Mike Cooper.

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On the Tree Stump

Money pours into the 5 million acre campaign for state public lands commissioner.

Anne Bremner: She's a Fox (analyst).

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Best Defender of the Police

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Pulled Over

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Pulled Over

Cops and the brass agree: There aren't enough officers on patrol.

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Miraculous They’re Not

Study: Newer antipsychotic drugs are little improvement.

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What Booze Ban?

Pioneer Square alcohol rules don't seem to have much effect.

Inside the "bloom room" of a medical marijuana grow operation in metro Seattle.

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Club Pot Med

Livid over the vague voter-enacted state law allowing use of medical marijuana, a crusading lawyer tries to untangle…

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Smoke Gets in Your I-901

The challenges of an outdoor smoking ban.

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Always a Crisis, Never a Solution

Again, state cuts threaten King County services for indigent mentally ill people.

Brown: Insurance parity's benefits "are just overwhelming."

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Poised for Parity

Lawmakers seem likely to pass a mental-health requirement for insurance providers.

Doug Sutherland, commissioner of public lands.

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Darth Doug

Environmentalists take the commissioner of public lands to court.

Mayor Greg Nickels is in a hurry to develop downtown but says, "We've got to do it gracefully."

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Time To Grow Up

Mayor Greg Nickels says a taller, denser downtown is inevitable, even desirable. But critics like Peter Steinbrueck say…

Party pooper all-star Margaret Pageler.

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Unfunky Town

There are those in our civic whirl who would prefer to keep Seattle a veritable pre-Kevin Bacon Footloose…

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Ownership Rules

Seattle vs. The Feds.

The Bud Report

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The Bud Report

Seattle pot is produced with pride by growers who say that B.C. bud sucks.

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Best Grassroots Media Outlet

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Kevin Elliott, left, in an advertisement for his practice. State officials say the man at right was a patient.

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Doctor Discipline

Convicted of assault, a kink aware AIDSHIV physician could lose his license.

The group that runs tent cities—like Tent City 3 at St. Mark's Cathedral—is fighting with the city over shelter bed funding and privacy issues.

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Tent City Showdown

City government and homeless group SHARE/WHEEL face off.

A patient in Western State's geriatric unit wheels himself around a dayroom in a "Broda" chair.

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No Exit

At Western State Hospital, a hundred patients are in mental health purgatory. They should be freed, but the…

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Tough Times

The state's biggest newspaper lays it on the line for a union.

KOMO-TV's Ken Schram: no blow-dried opinions.

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Best Commentator

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