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Seattle City Council challengers: What's the theme?
The pro-tunnel vote eliminated one line of attack on incumbents.
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Health care fight pulls nation in every direction
There are divisions in every part of government, including the courts. But a recent decision striking down the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is interesting in the way it protected much of the legislation.
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A Seattle resident's pilgrimage to the Midwest
First you get lost in Kansas City. But eventually you find your way to its history, its meats, its bars. And best of all, the extraordinary beauty of a museum designed by Steven Holl.
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Industrial jobs: how a federal program nips at Seattle's economy
A program started in the first Bush administration is supposed to create jobs. To a supporter of manufacturing and export jobs, the fed effort looks like a real threat to Seattle's economic base.
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As GOP field sorts itself out in Iowa, Obama still must sort out his own role
The public expects much more in the way of leadership than it has been receiving from the president.