The state wants to move Amtrak's Cascades trains inland south of Tacoma, routing them through Lakewood. But the cars would roll through at 79 miles an hour, raising concerns about safety and noise.
There are a number of Seattle landmarks I'd be happy to see disappear. Why not take a hammer to Hammering Man, or deport Lenin back to Russia?
A new state Department of Transportation study suggests that sidewalks may help a bit with climate change. But there can be other approaches than our big, traditional sidewalks.
Particularly along Washington and Oregon's coasts, people are finally eager to pay attention to experts. But where's the money going to come from?
The presidents of the state's universities are united in stressing the need for adequate higher education funding, a key to the state's future. But they seem to want to ignore the state's revenue problem.
