The news that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are coming to Seattle this week reminds me of the first person I heard on Super Tuesday saying Washington would emerge as a key state in the Democratic campaign. That person was U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee [http://www.house.gov/inslee/], D-Bainbridge Isla
San Francisco voters yesterday passed a $185 million green spaces levy [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/06/BADGUP126.DTL], aimed at restoring decrepit parks, adding a few new ones, and sprucing up recreation centers. Opponents grumbled about how the money would be spent, but
It seemed like a general election last night as we followed state-by-state results, east to west, in the Democratic and Republican nominating contests. Regrettably, the final and big contest of the night, in California, was fouled somewhat by the fact that millions of early absentee ballots had bee
The Black Rock reservoir project in arid Eastern Washington might be dead, but there are four more proposed dams where that came from. State lawmakers and two governors have helped keep hopes alive in an area where irrigation politics go all the way back to the New Deal.
The campaign over a 1960s Ballard neighborhood diner heats up, with community meetings, media spin jobs, and telephone polling. One key part of the debate: the building's overall condition. Is it sound enough to save, or is it a graffiti-covered tear-down?
