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Stories for March 30, 2012
A vexing debate over saving Harborview Hall
The handsome old building is slated to be demolished to create a needed open plaza for the hospital complex. But must the choice between saving a building for unneeded medical purposes and having a small park? Here's a better way.
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A Mariners book: Want to torture yourself with their history?
Jon Wells writes well and has thoroughly documented the repeated bumbling and cavalier disregard for achieving a championship among the leadership of a franchise that is mediocre or worse. But can fans take the pain of remembering?
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A busy week for activist judges, carving up Obama's health care law
Winners and Losers: The Supreme Court's activists (the conservatives) strutted their stuff in questioning the Affordable Care Act, sending their supporters into victory lap mode. Back here, Rob McKenna is probably fine either way.
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Health-care debate: a chance to get past paralysis
It took decades to get a law enacted. But if we're going to rethink the federal role here, should we also stop having the feds favor companies with tax breaks?
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