Politics
Uneasy rests the crown on Gary Locke's head
Businesses are reluctant to invest all the cash they are sitting on, and one way to restore their confidence may be to have a business leader as commerce secretary.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Politics
A few kind words for government work
By providing steady work and benefits to one partner, these jobs free up the other one to invent the next big idea in the garage.
The Chief Diaz hearings: showing who's boss
Not much suspense about the outcome in the confirmation hearings, but that doesn't mean the political signaling won't be intense.
Elections
The ballot-privacy case: the hard issue is still unsettled
On the issue of whether signers of ballot measures can be protected from disclosure, the Supreme Court gives a firm maybe.
Politics
Gregoire talks tough on a new budgeting approach
In a pro-business crowd, she test-markets a message for getting through the recession, and the fall elections. Plus: an unusual new argument for the waterfront tunnel.