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Out of the men's room, Larry Craig taps toes with the ACLU
The civil-rights organization says no crime took place, so it's helping a senator who otherwise would be a political foe.
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The WASL test: What went wrong
Fourteen years after the Washington Legislature enacted education reform, which created the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, reality is a distortion of the vision. A former lawmaker who worked for three years on the legislation looks back, and looks ahead. First of two parts
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Does Seattle have too many historic landmarks?
A preservationist questions the current boom in landmark nominations, wondering if people with NIMBY agendas are hurting the process by trying to lower the bar for historic properties. He also steps into the middle of the Ballard Denny's conroversy.
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A P.R. war that could be seen as the neighbors vs. sick kids
But it's more complicated than that. In fighting expansion at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, the Laurelhurst neighborhood gets one black eye after another.
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The ZIP code obsesity disparity: a solution
Skinny people are excluded from certain neighborhoods in Seattle, and our Flip Side writer has, of course, a modest proposal to address this injustice.