Seattle's real estate boom is pushing out performance spaces. A recent panel discussion on Capitol Hill showed there's lots more to do besides whining. Here are some other ideas.
The Redmond company makes products here but records software sales to PC makers and high-volume customers through an operation in Nevada, where there is no corporate tax. So Washington is missing out on revenue it could use for badly needed infrastructure needs – like replacement of the 520 bridge.
Last week, cars and passengers disembarking the San Juan Islands route at Anacortes were met by feds who inquired about everyone's citizenship. Normally, no big deal. But this checkpoint was for a boat that had not been to Canada. The government isn't saying much about it, but islanders are buzzing.
A blue-ribbon panel on police accountability buries some significant proposals for reform in a bland-seeming report. But some new political conditions, and public pressure, could produce actual change.
A few weeks ago, I reported that minority Republicans in Olympia were spinning election-year conspiracy theories. Why? Because Gov. Chris Gregoire's budget office has stopped producing six-year budget outlooks [/washington-agencies/10817/]. Sen. Joe Zarelli, R-Ridgefield, predicted a long-term outl
