Breakaway Democrats team up with Republicans to control the Senate. An accident disables a coal-export facility in British Columbia just as debate heats up. A wry musical look back at 2012.
Democrats Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon have joined a coalition of Republicans in the Washington state Senate to form a majority. Will it mean an impasse on state K-12 education funding?
Like many other cities, Seattle, Edmonds and Marysville are alarmed at the prospect of massive coal trains and their effects on communities. Compounding it all, tracks are already reaching capacity or nearing it.