Stories for April 24, 2012

Once, the Senate really worked

Tue, Apr 24, 7:52 p.m.

A new book recalls the 1960s and 70s when the U.S. Senate was able to do things and rise above partisanship. The days of Scoop and Hatfield and Church and Mansfield.

Another Occupy movement rears its head at Westlake

Tue, Apr 24, 2:16 p.m.

By Alison Sargent

A coalition of homeless advocacy groups are occupying Westlake Park in an effort to bring attention to what they describe as the ineffectiveness of King County's Committee to End Homelessness.

Midday Scan: Boeing's make-up gift to Everett

Tue, Apr 24, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

Boeing eyes ways to expand production in Everett. Meanwhile, Alaska and its oil companies are looking more and more like some bizarre Downton Abbey metaphor and Washington's public schools are faced with shrinking budgets.

Why Pioneer Square is a better fit for the Creative Economy than South Lake Union

Tue, Apr 24, 2 a.m.

By Rod Stevens

A real estate expert explains how these old work districts fit the needs of new creative workers better than the sleek tech zones such as South Lake Union. One reason: small blocks.

Racial profiling on Washington’s northern border?

Tue, Apr 24, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

The UW Center for Human Rights and immigrant community advocates at OneAmerica charge that Latino groups live in a climate of fear produced by racial profiling and other Border Patrol practices.

The Mossback Manifesto on urban density

Tue, Apr 24, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

How to think about preserving culture while the city swells. Some principles: Pay attention to NIMBYs, who are sometimes right. Not all density is good (or bad). And we can't have too much sense of place and history.