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Crosscut Week in Review: Will Seattle be all-tunnel, all the time?
Seattle is fighting about the replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct. It's getting to the point that the single issue is dominating city politics.
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Just what state Democrats don't need: a special session
The federal gravy train isn't going to show up for Medicaid, which may mean a painful quickie session of the Legislature. Keep in mind an old idea about Federalism and a new idea about "incentive liberalism."
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Was that Sonntag's hat being tossed into the ring?
Against the day of a quickie governor's race this November, a cranky independent Democrat puts down some markers for fiscal discipline.
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David Brooks is go-to guy for bringing theology into today's public sphere
America has long had thinkers who bring the insights of theology and their spiritual traditions into the debate about public affairs. The person who does that best today is, I think, columnist David Brooks.
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Who does McKenna represent? Courts will consider
Two efforts, one connected to the national health care reform, ask the courts to tell state Attorney General Rob McKenna when he must or cannot take a court case.