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Starbucks Nation

Tue, Sep 6, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Howard Schultz's secret plan for making America great once again.

Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Fri, Sep 2, 11 a.m.

By David Brewster

Passing of eras in Everett and Portland; McKenna gets a lesson from the Supreme Court; Tim Burgess wants to save Seattle's downtown, while Howard Schultz may want to save the country.

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The Coffee Party, local chapter

Thu, Aug 25, noon

By David Brewster

Howard Schultz of Starbucks is trying to start a national reform movement to get some big solutions to our big impasses. Here are some suggestions for translating these ideas to our state.

The local brands we love the most

Tue, Aug 23, 6:46 a.m.

By Ronald Holden

Online voting shows last year's winner, REI, has been toppled. And maybe Howard Schultz's turnaround of Starbucks needs to pay more attention to Seattle voters?

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How great corporate power shadows Gregoire on coal shipments

Wed, Mar 9, 7:52 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

This month is the 40th anniversary of Starbucks. In this reprinted story, our author well remembers the first Starbucks store and the first day of business, March 30, 1971, since he happens to have been the very first customer.

Starbucks new logo: hold the coffee

Thu, Jan 6, 2 a.m.

By Ronald Holden

There's a still a mermaid, but the company name and the chief product have walked the gang plank.

So you like Texas better than Washington?

Tue, Oct 26, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Well, don't let the door hit you on the way out. Washington state is about more than taxes, profits, and coddling a monied "creative class."

All-hours bars, more guns: back to Seattle's future?

Thu, Jul 1, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Sometimes, we humans forget the past. Maybe Seattle will get a refresher on its Wild West past, when saloons ran 24 hours a day and manly men wore six-shooters.

How to fill the hole in Pioneer Square's heart?

Thu, Apr 29, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Elliott Bay Book Co. has moved, but the historic space it vacated is waiting for a new tenant with bright ideas. Adaptability and inspiration have kept Pioneer Square, and the Globe Building, going for over a century.

The right to bear arms with your latte

Mon, Mar 22, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

In Washington, you can carry a gun openly, unless you intend to alarm or harm people. But with gun rights advocates testing Starbucks and the law, what you legally do is still a bit fuzzy and subjective.