Election 2019
Seattle PACs spent $4 million on the election. Who got paid?
The committees spent heavily with out-of-state companies, flooding the city with mailers and canvassers.
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Does Cascadia High-Speed Rail have a future after Initiative 976?
Voters gutted transportation budgets statewide in this year's election, but supporters of the effort to ease transit between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., see a path forward.
Politics
If Referendum 88 fails, what’s next for affirmative action in Washington state?
State officials are already working on ways to boost diversity in government hiring and contracting, two of the ballot measure’s key goals.
Opinion
In Seattle, a tax on big business is now more possible than ever
The passage of Tim Eyman's car-tab initiative underscores the need to right our upside-down tax system. Here's how to enlist Amazon in the cause.
Opinion
Washington voters rejected greed last week — from both corporations and the government
Plus, what we learned about Amazon, party loyalty and the perceived liberalism of voters.