News & City Life

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PubliCalendar: Garchen Rinpoche Talks 'Living a Meaningful Life'

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07/06/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Friday LIKES & DISLIKES: City Council Position Eight

Tim Burgess, Jon Grant, and John Roderick review the week's news

07/03/2015 By Josh Feit

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PubliCalendar: The Legacy of Gordon Hirabayashi

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07/02/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Field Organizers and Super Geeks

Seattle Times begins rolling out council endorsements, campaigns get aggressive

07/02/2015 By Josh Feit

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: 'The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition'

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07/01/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Legislature Passes $16 Billion (Kidney Stone) Transportation Bill

Environmentalists cheer and condemn epic bill

07/01/2015 By Josh Feit

Back Fence

Does Anyone Love Seafair?

One Seattle native’s quest to love her city’s summer festival again.

07/01/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Quote Unquote

Heather Gobet Is Ready to Lower the Boom

The president of Western Display Fireworks preps for Seafair’s Fourth of July Celebration.

07/01/2015 By Matthew Halverson

Power Lines

John Roderick Takes the Political Stage

The Seattle musician and former Long Winters front man makes his bid for a seat in city council.

07/01/2015 By Josh Feit

Mudroom

Perfect Party: July 2015

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

07/01/2015 By Seattle Met Staff

Explainer

The Waterfront Returns from Seawall Sequester

The downtown piers reopen for business as the city’s actually successful project nears its end.

07/01/2015 By Allison Williams

City Hall

O'Brien Calls for Audit of Affordable Housing Program

O'Brien concerned zoning loophole widely abused, costing city needed affordable housing dollars

06/30/2015 By Josh Kelety

LGBT

Exclusive Q&A: Girl Scouts of Western Washington CEO Megan Ferland

She's still catching her breath after the council shattered its Indiegogo goal.

06/30/2015 By Matthew Halverson

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: The Alliance For Justice Screens 'Lost in the Fine Print'

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06/30/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Seahawks

Marshawn Lynch Goes Beast Mode on 'Conan'

Seattle's favorite mercurial running back dives into Skittles, discusses the Super Bowl, and grabs his "ding-ding" on late night TV.

06/30/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Morning Fizz

Seattle Rep Threatened Statewide Referendum on Transportation Package

Compromise transportation legislation and no-compromise police accountability legislation

06/30/2015 By Josh Feit

LGBT

Donor Says Girl Scouts Can't Use $100K Gift for Transgender Girls

So the organization gave the money back. And now they want your help.

06/29/2015 By Matthew Halverson

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Gaza and the Future of Israeli Politics

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06/29/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Inslee Blinks, Transportation Deal Includes "Poison Pill" on Fuel Standards in Exchange for Full Light Rail Authorization

Will a Green Tea coalition stall the transportation package? And will Sound Transit have to foot the GOP sales tax bill?

06/29/2015 By Josh Feit

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PubliCalendar: Meaningful Movies Presents 'Fresh'

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06/26/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh