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Posted Sun, Feb 5, 2 a.m.
In a more connected world, even the most-favored regions need to improve their transportation systems and their ability to move goods and people, and to educate skilled workers.
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Posted Sun, Jan 29, 2 a.m.
A fisherman with a leaky hydraulic line discovers what a serious business an oil sheen on Puget Sound can be — especially if you're one of the unlucky few to get tagged for it, and you get on the wrong side of the pollution detectives. New: The Department of Ecology has now reached a decision.
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Posted Fri, Jan 20, 2 a.m.
The media hype every twitch in South Carolina. But the EU? Well, the EU countries together account for more of the state's exports than next-door neighbor Canada and almost as much as China.
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Posted Tue, Jan 10, 2 a.m.
With a rash of recent free trade agreements under their belts, the international trade community has much to celebrate, but even more still left to do. Here are four international trade battles Washington state should watch this year.
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Posted Thu, Dec 29, 2 a.m.
That most incumbents deserve reelection and are doing fairly well does not eliminate the need for important structural changes.
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Posted Wed, Dec 14, 3:02 p.m.
Reverend John Helmiere, who participated in Monday's West Coast Port Shutdown at Seattle's Harbor Island, alleges he was the victim of a police beating during his arrest at the protest.
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Posted Sat, Dec 10, 8 p.m.
Labor unions have worked with Occupy Seattle in a number of ways, but leaders oppose shutting down a source of solid jobs.
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Posted Fri, Dec 2, 2 a.m.
Trade agreements can be controversial but export growth may be the best route to new jobs.
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Posted Wed, Nov 30, 2 a.m.
Here's hoping the waterfront makeover resists attempts to sanitize. Another concern: not turning it into a second Seattle Center.
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Posted Tue, Nov 29, 2 a.m.
A good design requires consciousness of the city's realities, the real spatial, temporal, social, and ecological contexts. Speaking of temporal, has anyone noticed it's November, with everything that means for being outdoors along the water in Seattle?
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Posted Thu, Nov 3, 2 a.m.
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.
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Posted Tue, Oct 25, 2 a.m.
The country struggles to recover from its lost decade and the earthquake. The Seattle economy is quite dependent on Japan, and we have lessons to learn from their strategic approaches.
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Posted Sun, Oct 23, 1:27 p.m.
That most incumbents deserve reelection and are doing fairly well does not eliminate the need for some important structural changes, such as by-district elections of city councilmembers.
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Posted Thu, Sep 15, noon
A veteran observer of ports around the country argues that elected port commissioners, as in Seattle and Tacoma, are far preferable to ports that must serve the wishes of mayors or other politicians.
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Posted Thu, Sep 15, 6 a.m.
When opponents of the trade pact with South Korea say 59,000 jobs would be lost in Washington state, how factual is that claim, and where does it come from?
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Posted Wed, Sep 14, 5:05 p.m.
Religious leaders, truckers, and activists are urging the Port of Seattle to take much more significant steps to help truckers, reduce pollution, and protect health in the Georgetown and South Park neighborhoods.
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Posted Fri, Sep 2, 2 a.m.
The basic outlines of the ambitious park, really four big parks connected by a promenade, are now emerging. There are very sensible design decisions being made, but can the city pull off such a spectacular plan?
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Posted Thu, Sep 1, 2 a.m.
The free-trade agreement is getting close, though the politics is still divisive. Here's a look at how strong are the trade bonds between the Northwest and this Asian tiger, and it's far more than jetliners.
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Posted Fri, Aug 5, 9:10 a.m.
The tunnel solution is essential to keep I-5 flowing during construction of a Viaduct replacement, thus serving the industrial "triangle" that powers the region.
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Posted Tue, Jul 19, 2 a.m.
The Port of Seattle heard considerable praise for its efforts to end truck pollution in Georgetown and elsewhere, along with criticism. Underlying the issue are union interests, lined up for and against the Port's position.
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We're calling ourselves "the city of music," and we're offering local tunes all over the airport. Are you impressed now, Nashville?
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 28, 10:10 a.m. 2011
Aviation officials suggest a novel recourse for citizens afflicted by Sea-Tac jet noise.
MOREPosted Thu, Jun 16, 7:52 p.m. 2011
Some peculiar factors lead to the prediction of little turnover in local legislative bodies, which have benefitted from strong members elected four years back.
MOREPosted Fri, Mar 4, 6 a.m. 2011
A 9 percent raise for Tay Yoshitani, while other Port workers' salary-boosts are capped at 3.5 percent, sends all kinds of wrong signals.
MOREPosted Sat, Feb 19, 2 a.m. 2011
Truck drivers are being paid poorly for their port-related work, and some groups believe that current arrangements are doing the environment no favors. Reporter Martha Baskin visits the Port of Seattle and looks at the issues.
MOREPosted Fri, Aug 20, 6 a.m. 2010
Shipping volumes are up for Seattle and a number of other ports. But West Coast cities now seeing gains could face big challenges as the Panama Canal expands and allows shippers to bypass them.
MOREPosted Mon, Jan 25, 2:07 p.m. 2010
Politeness reigned supreme as Mayor Mike McGinn and the Seattle City Council sat down to talk about his surprise seawall replacement bond issue. Unless the show of mutual respect was a front, it was possible to see the beginnings of compromise and even collaboration.
MOREPosted Fri, Aug 15, 12:22 p.m. 2008
Despite the near-record temperatures predicted for the weekend, officials from around the state are asking agencies to "freeze." Last week, Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire ordered a hiring freeze for state employees in an attempt to ease Washington's mounting budget deficit. Yesterday, the Snohomish County Council ordered a hiring freeze for all of their county's agencies. Not to be outdone, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels proposed a $5 million spending freeze for the City of Seattle yesterday. On a related note, Seattle's fleet of ice cream carts are expanding their service around the city, in a move experts say could result in widespread brain freezes. ...
MOREPosted Mon, Jun 2, 10 a.m. 2008
Seattle officials have long had a love affair with Singapore, that efficient, prosperous, and oppressive Pacific Rim city-state where spitting and gum chewing are illegal and officials wield the cane. After a famous (and notorious) junket there in 1998, local politicians and business leaders returned raving at the way the place was run and saw it as a model for Seattle and metro Puget Sound. Some of those junketeers might be thrilled to learn that Singapore is now cracking down on bloggers who insult public officials.
MOREPosted Tue, Mar 25, noon 2008
I'm a big fan of the Puget Sound Business Journal, which this week has a story about four high profile factories that might leave Seattle. A lot of media attention has followed efforts to keep Korry Electronics, which was looking at the Port of Seattle's Interbay site. (I refuse to call it North Bay.)
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