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Hotel Workers Ballot Initiative Got Its Signatures

Published 5:00pm Monday, July 18, 2016

Initiative 124, designed to protect hotel housekeepers, is on its way to qualifying for the November ballot.

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Video Suggests Police, Not Protesters, Ignited Liquid That Burned Officer During May Day Demonstration

Published 12:20pm Monday, July 18, 2016

Video analysis appears to show that a blastball ignited a failed Molotov.

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Human Extinction Support Groups Offer Solace to Those Who Think We’re Doomed

Published 9:30am Monday, July 18, 2016

“People want to think, ‘If I recycle all of my Coors Light cans produced thousands of miles away, I should be fine.’ But that’s not ... Read more

The Death of Neighborhood Councils, as Told by Wallingford

Published 1:30am Monday, July 18, 2016

A quintessential Seattle neighborhood shows both the strength and weakness of Seattle’s neighborhood model.

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Ballots Mailed for Tax to Fund Affordable Housing, Homeless Prevention

Published 10:26am Friday, July 15, 2016

Average homeowners will pay an extra $5 per month, or affordable housing subsidies will plummet.

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The Anti-Pokemon Backlash as It Currently Stands in Seattle

Published 3:30pm Thursday, July 14, 2016

Is Pokemon Go the new Google Glass?

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City Reverses Course on Plan to Sell Potential Park Space

Published 2:00pm Thursday, July 14, 2016

Money from the sale of the Myers Parcel in West Seattle was earmarked to alleviate homelessness.

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Test Drive a Safe Drug Site!

Published 11:25am Thursday, July 14, 2016

VOCAL is inviting the public into a mock safe consumption space all over Seattle for the next week.

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Climate Activists Fasting on Capitol Steps Find Allies in Governor’s Staff

Published 7:00am Thursday, July 14, 2016

“We are here to help untie their hands.”

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Scenes From an Intersection

Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Almost two years after its first formative protest, hours after two more catalyzing killings, Seattle’s Black Lives Matter movement comes to a crossroads.

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SPOG’s Anti-Reform Posturing Is a Disservice to Seattle. And its Members.

Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 13, 2016

The police union’s inflammatory rhetoric toward police reforms has a corrosive effect on the public dialog. It needs to stop now.

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San Fermo Delivers Rustic Italian in a Historic Setting

Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 13, 2016

This new Ballard restaurant comes with high expectations, but manages to deliver.

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Viggo Mortensen Gets Comfortable in ‘Captain Fantastic’

Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 13, 2016

But the Matt Ross film still manages to chafe some.

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Poet Natasha Marin Captures a Commonality in Her Decade-Long Project

Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 13, 2016

With ‘Red Lineage,’ the Seattle artist has invited an unending parade of agendas, ideologies, and beliefs. The results are unique and unifying.

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The Top 15 Things to Do This Week

Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 13, 2016

A bike-powered festival, monstrous music, a swirling cacophony, and more.

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The Seattle Company Setting a New Standard for Edibles

Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 13, 2016

botanicaSEATTLE is helping move cannabis away from prohibition-era thinking and toward a more refined experience.

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Puget Sound Energy to Retire Some Coal-Fired Power

Published 5:30pm Tuesday, July 12, 2016

PSE has finally agreed on an end date to its dirtiest power source.

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Gun Control Measure Aims to Prevent Suicide, Too

Published 2:30pm Tuesday, July 12, 2016

A ballot initiative seeks to protect gun owners’ most common victims: themselves.

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Decibel Festival Officially on ‘Extended Break’

Published 11:00am Monday, July 11, 2016

The 11-year-old electronic music gathering is suspending operations, but founder Sean Horton tells Seattle Weekly its legacy will live on.

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Council May Be Locked-In to Secretly Negotiated Police Contract

Published 5:09pm Friday, July 8, 2016

The final vote on the police contract will be public, but it’s arguably just for show.

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