The bully of Puget Sound
Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.
Seattle has a great international brand, but locally, the Emerald City image is tarnished. New leadership could give us a fresh start.
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Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.
Seattle has a great international brand, but locally, the Emerald City image is tarnished. New leadership could give us a fresh start.
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Posted Thu, Sep 17, 6 a.m.
Sandra Day O'Connor, visiting Seattle, argues for scrapping the state's judicial elections, making judges appointed. Ain't gonna happen.
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Posted Fri, Jul 10, 6 a.m.
The former reporter and Olympia resident sets his books in small towns in Western Washington, creating indelible characters with rare abilities to see hidden things
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Posted Wed, Jun 24, 4 a.m.
Maritime advocates are looking to have Congress declare most of Washington's coastline, including Puget Sound, a National Heritage Area. It could be a boon for tourism, preservation, and the marine industry itself.
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Posted Mon, May 4, 6 a.m.
County Executive candidate Ross Hunter could bring some of the smart, combative, impatient style that was cultivated in Bill Gates' corporate culture.
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Posted Wed, Mar 11, 6 a.m.
Momentum is building for Peter Steinbrueck to challenge Seattle mayor Greg Nickels, but the former city council member is going to decide his way.
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Posted Wed, Feb 25, 2:46 p.m.
Former governor Gary Locke is surely qualified for Commerce Secretary, but his appointment is evidence that Obama's devotion to innovation doesn't extend to his cabinet.
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Posted Fri, Feb 20, 6 a.m.
Why have some affordable housing advocates lined up against a law mandating more affordable housing? Activists might end up creating a worse outcome later.
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Posted Fri, Jan 30, 12:27 a.m.
There are signs Frank Chopp might be ready to live with the deep bore tunnel, particularly as Seattle-area legislators rally around the new plan. Here's an early head-count.
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Posted Thu, Jan 29, 6 a.m.
The digging up of "historic" nuclear waste at Hanford is an example of the complexities of a system that seeks to both uncover our past and keep the lid on a toxic legacy.
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Posted Fri, Jan 23, 6 a.m.
Forget cleaning up Puget Sound: we have bigger waters to take care of. A new name for the Pacific Northwest's inland sea challenges us to rethink the region and its identity.
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Posted Thu, Jan 8, 6 a.m.
This year will be challenging for historic preservation in Seattle, but there are great opportunities and new initiatives ahead, too. Here's a breakdown of six front-burner issues for 2009. Second of 2 parts
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Posted Mon, Dec 8, 6 a.m.
Some would like to cut these performance audits from the state budget, supposedly saving money. Now is when we need them most.
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Posted Thu, Dec 4, 6 a.m.
With Obama's new New Deal gaining momentum, let's remain skeptical of big projects that are touted as economic saviors. States like ours may be desperate, but a boondoggle is still a boondoggle.
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Posted Tue, Dec 2, 6 a.m.
Dispatch from the War on Christmas: Atheists make fools of themselves in Olympia while violence breaks out at Wal-Mart. The sacred season is now a very, very sick season.
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Posted Thu, Nov 6, midnight
A recovering campaign reporter witnesses the demise of journalistic objectivity, and wonders what will replace it.
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Two legislators think the state is about to make a $300 million mistake, and hope to kick its IT programs into the modern age
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The B&O tax break doesn't even pass the newspaper's own smell test for fiscal responsibility.
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After the holiday debacle in Olympia, atheists should try a new tactic used by British non-believers.
MOREPosted Thu, Dec 11, 11:51 p.m. 2008
Are you on the Apiary Advisory Committee or the Migratory Waterfowl Art Commission? Report to the budget office immediately.
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