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It's all a plot: The Sonics and Storm will stay in Seattle
The worse things look, the better the chances of a hairbreadth rescue for the team. Here's how the play is diagrammed.
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Yes on I-1053: Making tax increases the last resort
Voters want tax increases to be an absolute last resort. Initiative 1053 would help Olympia live up to that wish.
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No on I-1053: A measure to help corporate backers
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1053 would force further cuts in badly needed services while helping big oil companies like BP and Shell.
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Some significant signs in a little-noticed election
Dialing for more dollars, Jane Hague's poor showing, how to read the Seattle results, liberal bias, how to spin your win, the dangers of a low-key approach: In an evolving thread, Crosscut's writers analyze Washington's first August primary, an election that was on almost no normal person's radar.
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Slavery? Here?
As the Civil War reaches its 150th anniversary, it's time to reflect on the impact of that era on the Pacific Northwest, and how political battles over slavery, secession, and states' rights were fought not just back East, but in the Rain Belt too.