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Feds Lay Out Possible Plans for Bringing Grizzlies Back to Washington
Four alternatives to bring at least 200 self-sustained grizzlies in the North Cascades.
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Progress Slow and Garbage Woe At City Homelessness Meeting
Seattle’s limited efforts to address homelessness are slowly manifesting.
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EPIC Appeals ‘Youth Jail’ Permit
More than 60 social justice organizations have joined the appeal against the new ‘Justice Center.’
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Calling it Now: Special Session
Less than a week into the session, lawmakers have already set themselves up for overtime.
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Washington Residents Are Flocking to the State Health Care Exchange
The marketplace has proven popular with Washingtonians, even as GOP leaders consider ways to dismantle the law that…
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Activists Raise Alarm Over Anti-LGBT Ties to AEG, The Concert Giant Behind Bumbershoot
Records show Philip Anschutz, owner of AEG, has donated large sums to several organizations committed to fighting same-sex…
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The Troubling Trial of Emanuel Fair
In a grisly murder case, the defense wants to know if the DNA evidence is reliable. They’ll never…
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Seattle Should Break Ties With Wells Fargo, and Embrace Socially Responsible Investing
With a council so willing to pass resolutions on issues, anything less verges on duplicitous.
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King County Metro Buys Nation’s Largest Fleet of Battery-Powered Buses
This puts us on track to have an all-electric, zero-emissions transit system in the near future.
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Initiative to Require Discrimination Against Trans Public School Students Returns for More Signatures
The initaitive, which failed last year, would also allow discrimination at private businesses.
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Developers Vow to Sue Over City’s Affordable Housing Mandate. Will They Still Get Their Upzones If they Win?
A have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too scenario in the U-District.
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So You Want to Divest from DAPL. Will the Financial Industry Let You?
Conventional wisdom says putting your money where your values are will cost you. But that’s changing.
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Republicans Don’t Like Inslee’s Tax Plan. But That Doesn’t Mean They Have an Alternative.
The 2017 legislative session is shaping up like a Tom Cruise sci-fi flick.
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As Investigation Quietly Concludes, U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene Rips GOP’s Planned Parenthood ‘Witch Hunt’
15 month, $1.59 million, no hard conclusions.
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City Slaps Airline Caterer With $335K Fine for Minimum Wage Violation
Meanwhile, the minimum wage is hitting $15 an hour for some employees in Seattle.
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Federal Judge Stays Out of Police Labor Claim, For Now
“[The] complaint…does not satisfy the consent decree for judicial intervention,” says Judge Robart.
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Department of Natural Resources Deals Blow to Longview Coal Export Terminal
Coal’s last-last gasp? On Tuesday, the DNR denied a key permit required to build the project.
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Going Old School to Solve McCleary
As the session gets underway, lawmakers need a history lesson.
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So Long, Pam Roach. Don’t Forget Your Roses.
As the long-serving GOP maverick leaves the Senate, it’s progressives, not Republicans, who will mourn.