Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Posted Wed, Jan 7, 6 a.m.
The new year will be challenging for historic preservation in Seattle, but there are great opportunities and new initiatives ahead, too. Here's a breakdown of six front-burner issues for 2009. First of 2 parts
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Posted Fri, Jan 2, 2:21 p.m.
After a year of shattered illusions, are we just growing a new crop?
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Posted Fri, Jan 2, 6 a.m.
Too often, convening them is mostly to appease or garner support. The Viaduct stakeholders, told to go away, instead have pushed for a hybrid solution with a tunnel. Fortunately the politicians are now listening.
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Posted Tue, Dec 30, 5:33 p.m.
Delaying the decision was supposed to allow a consensus version to appear magically. Didn't happen. Instead there are three new champions and three new variants. This baby seems headed for the big scary Legislature.
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Posted Mon, Dec 29, 11 a.m.
Waking up to the new reality of curbing spending
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Posted Sun, Dec 28, 6 a.m.
New leadership, new hopes. And how about some smart decisions on some key issues?
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Posted Wed, Dec 17, 6 a.m.
The key is to appeal to secular suburban moderates. This will be easier if the Republicans are not saddled with the Bush record and its three big calamities.
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Posted Mon, Dec 15, 6 a.m.
The state makes it almost certain that ferry bids will come in way over budget, in a misguided attempt to keep the jobs in state. Here are the latest sad figures.
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Posted Thu, Dec 11, 6 a.m.
An artful, if fragile grand compromise has emerged, late in an exhaustive process. Here's a look at its components and its politics — and what could blow it apart.
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Posted Thu, Dec 11, 6 a.m.
How the Chicago corruption story and other lavish raids on the public treasury (and trust) could induce an angry populist backlash.
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Posted Mon, Dec 8, 6 a.m.
Some would like to cut these performance audits from the state budget, supposedly saving money. Now is when we need them most.
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Posted Thu, Dec 4, 6 a.m.
With Obama's new New Deal gaining momentum, let's remain skeptical of big projects that are touted as economic saviors. States like ours may be desperate, but a boondoggle is still a boondoggle.
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Posted Wed, Dec 3, 6 a.m.
A veteran public affairs consultant argues that the Rossi race was on track to a win with one month to go. As the Market plummeted, reminding voters of Bush's unpopularity, it took Rossi down with the Dow.
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Posted Tue, Dec 2, 6 a.m.
Dispatch from the War on Christmas: Atheists make fools of themselves in Olympia while violence breaks out at Wal-Mart. The sacred season is now a very, very sick season.
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Posted Mon, Nov 24, 6 a.m.
Our local politicians are coping with austerity by sharing the pain and keeping nearly all programs alive for a future return. But what about the chance to be rid of programs that don't work?
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Posted Tue, Nov 18, 11:08 p.m.
A Republican commentator faces the facts about the 2008 election and the trending toward blue of the Evergreen State. But that all points toward a Republican comeback in 2010.
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Posted Wed, Nov 12, midnight
A pollster explains how conventional framing of the campaign missed the real dynamics. Gov. Chris Gregoire was thought more "likeable," and the tax revolt didn't impress voters outside the Republican base. Add a "blue tide," and Dino Rossi was toast.
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Posted Fri, Nov 7, midnight
As Washington and Oregon become increasingly urban, Republicans are increasingly scarce. They remain in control of isolated, rural counties, but their numbers are no match for Democrats.
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Posted Thu, Nov 6, 9:54 a.m.
For the president-elect and Washington's governor, the reality of an economy in crisis leaves no time for rest. Plus other observations about the big vote this week.
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Posted Thu, Nov 6, midnight
A recovering campaign reporter witnesses the demise of journalistic objectivity, and wonders what will replace it.
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Posted Wed, Dec 17, 9 a.m. 2008
One mild surprise: closing a bunch of state parks. One non-surprise: nixing the film office.
MOREPosted Mon, Dec 8, 3 p.m. 2008
Gathered on the shore of Maury Island, residents wonder how we could be allowing Glacier Northwest to start loading nearly 3 million tons of gravel a year.
MOREPosted Fri, Nov 21, 10:22 a.m. 2008
How to pass a tax increase with everybody saying they're against it.
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 17, 10 a.m. 2008
Christine Gregoire and others will have to shift their rhetoric after Minnesota disaster report
MOREPosted Fri, Nov 14, 2:40 p.m. 2008
With a looming $4 billion budget shortfall, the state seeks to keep the next biennium's budget as thin as possible. Here's a list of items likely to be cut.
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 10, 12:58 p.m. 2008
Barack Obama and Gov. Chris Gregoire both achieved sound victories on election night. Here's why, as told by the candidates' campaign staff.
MOREPosted Sun, Nov 9, 12:10 p.m. 2008
It's time to prime the economic pump, and local infrastructure needs are acute. But will the politics enable us to emulate China?
MOREPosted Fri, Nov 7, 1:50 p.m. 2008
There's still hope for state Republicans. According to columnist Joel Connelly, all the GOP needs to do is cut ties with its biggest backer — the Building Industry Association of Washington.
MOREPosted Thu, Nov 6, 1:14 p.m. 2008
Gregoire goes back to Olympia to fix the budget. Rossi goes home for dinner. Seattle goes back to pondering Viaduct solutions. And so on.
MOREPosted Wed, Nov 5, 10:47 a.m. 2008
Late-morning update: Dino Rossi plans an announcement, and Peter Goldmark pulls ahead of Doug Sutherland in the Washington lands commissioner race.
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