Equity
South Lake Union: City ought to fight for affordable housing
Commentary: The City Council is always prudent. Bold might work once in a while.
Joe Copeland
Joe Copeland is the former senior editor for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi
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Seattle & King County
Chef Jason Wilson of Crush needs to update his awards list
The chef of Seattle's Crush restaurant came home with the Best Chef Northwest award from the James Beard Foundation. Thus ends the annual competition in which Portland was bragging about finally having more nominees than Seattle.
Politics
City Council's Burgess brings police experts to talk new approaches in Seattle
Criminologists say changes in police practices can make real differences in neighborhoods. Changes? In a police department's culture?
Politics
A very good day in ballot counting for Murray, Larsen
Sen. Patty Murray widened her small lead after tens of thousands of additional ballots were counted. Congressman Rick Larsen moved ahead of his challenger, John Koster.
Politics
McGinn puts himself on the line in Williams case
On a difficult day, Seattle's mayor chose to face questions and give answers.