Seattle-based InvestigateWest published its first big report, outlining the health risks at home from a common parking lot and driveway sealant. This new online journalism venture grew out of the collapse of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
In the next few years, federal guidelines for urban renewal will no longer protect Pike Place Market. There are looming mandates to be financially sustainable. And newcomers' lack of market memories could be the biggest threat of all to preserving the market.
Is a four-year degree the best route to good jobs? Maybe not. President Obama's emphasis on strengthening community colleges is part of an upward evaluation of these key institutions.