Stories for Jan. 6, 2010

At the symphony, it's play-and-talk time

Wed, Jan 6, 5:45 p.m.

A half-year of contract negotiations has yielded little progress, and now the players' contract has expired. Management is staying mum, but the union has given its version of the major issues.

Rethinking the rain

Wed, Jan 6, 4 p.m.

By Knute Berger

What falls on your head is not what you think it is.

Top green priority in the legislature: a fee on oil

Wed, Jan 6, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

The measure, which died in the Washington Senate last year, would fund stormwater projects. This year the barrel fee is recast as a jobs-stimulus bill and broadly applied to many cash-strapped cities, not just cleaning up Puget Sound.