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Thursday Jolt: Amazon gets praise. Arena, not so much.

Thu, May 24, 5:57 p.m.

By Erica C. Barnett and Josh Feit

The day's winners and losers.

Afternoon Jolt: Boeing, Litzow score Tuesday wins

Tue, May 15, 3:35 p.m.

By Erica C. Barnett and Josh Feit

The day's winners and losers.

Where mayors meet to teach each other how to innovate

Sun, Apr 15, 10:30 a.m.

By David Boyd

A growing organization helps mayors to share innovative ideas for a progressive economy.

America's foolish detour into shopping malls

Mon, Apr 9, 2 a.m.

By Mark Hinshaw

These land-devouring, car-dependent malls were invented 60 years ago, with Seattle among the pioneers. Now they are in terminal decline. There was a better idea in Kansas City, but unfortunately it was eclipsed by our mania for malls.

Eastside trail: Will rail ever return?

Mon, Apr 2, 2 a.m.

By C.B. Hall

It's entirely possible for a trail and an active rail line to work together. But that seems to be a challenge to some on the Eastside as they and the Port of Seattle work on using a longtime rail line as a trail.

Bellevue's high-end development sold to NYC investors

Sun, Mar 25, 4 p.m.

By Ronald Holden

Despite opening in a tough economy less than years ago, The Shops at Bravern have done well. Now, the complex has attracted a buyer who already boasts such iconic spots as Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Washington's Union Station.

'Making Mends' at BAM: healing and more

Fri, Mar 9, 7 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Visiting a Bellevue Arts Museum exhibition that features artists working in a variety of media, we "climb above our terror" into moments of insight and startling beauty.

Allen family: It was 20 years ago the Foundation began to give

Thu, Feb 2, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

The foundation builds strong relationships with each community so that gifts will leverage the community's strengths. Working with Native American groups highlights the importance of a sense of reciprocity.

Bellevue's rendezvous with an urban destiny

Tue, Jan 24, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

Updated: The 'Tateuchi Truce' over the Sound Transit wars on the Eastside made clear what a catalyst for an urbanized Eastside this long-aborning cultural center has become.

Tolls: a long road still ahead to get best results

Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

By Douglas B. MacDonald

There are some encouraging signs, but tolls can't work as well as possible without more flexibility and wider adoption. And cross-lake efficiencies also require much more flexibility in transit than reliance on light rail.

Wars' painful legacies, from Pearl Harbor to Afghanistan

Tue, Dec 6, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

A World War II fighter, George McGovern, who suffered a fall last week, went on to run for president as a peace candidate. He's stayed active in large part because he worries about the young people who are still being sent off to war.

Public TV, Hugh Jackman, Bellevue: Korean food goes mainstream

Tue, Nov 29, 11 a.m.

By Hugo Kugiya

Eating on the Edge: A Bellevue fast-casual restaurant is doing what Korean restaurants never did before, catching a wave of broader cultural interest.

The smarmy faux populism of I-1125

Fri, Nov 4, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Tim Eyman and company claim they just want to help the poor folks who can't afford higher tolls at rush hour. Don't believe them.

A status-quo election, except outside Seattle

Thu, Nov 3, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

Seattle races and ballot measures turned into ratifications of the present course, for a variety of structural and political reasons. Want the real drama? Look along the railroad corridor to Bellingham and along the Sound Transit corridor on the Eastside.