As presidents and other top administrators step down to princely teaching posts, faculties with frozen salaries are outraged. Here are some examples of how the compensation game is played in our top universities.
With more people moving to urban settings, the cities such as Portland and Minneapolis that do the most to build transit and bike-friendly streets will be the economic winners.
The political education of former U.S. Attorney John McKay; a tax break for Safeco Field; Patty Murray's partisan email to supporters; Amazon magoozling in California; and Seattle's burgeoning population of bikers.
Poker games with revenues in Olympia; why the lobbyists love Patty Murray even more than usual; high pay for profs; recognizing the Duwamish Tribe; and a history lesson for Obama, while "visiting" Seattle.
Regions such as Snohomish County that fell hard for developers' dreams of remote housing projects are paying a severe price in foreclosures and short sales. The cruel market correction confirms the economic value of denser, closer-in residential patterns.
