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Afternoon Jolt

Thursday Jolt: "Selfish, Short-Sighted, and Stupid."

Thursday Jolt featuring the minimum wage campaign and the anti–minimum wage campaign.

06/05/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Struggling within the Same Broken System

Caffeinated News and Gossip featuring Eyman, SDOT, O'Toole, and Jayapal.

06/05/2014 By Morning Fizz

City Hall

Parks District Opponents Win Parks Election Changes

Opponents of the proposed parks district ballot measure win changes to the ballot description voters will see in August.

06/04/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

City Hall

Carrasco Could Get $100,000 Raise

City council utilities chair Sawant critical of huge pay boost for City Light director Jorge Carrasco.

06/04/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

City Hall

Mount Baker Upzone Moves Forward

Over protests from neighbors opposed to density, a council committee approves a long-overdue upzone near the Mount Baker light rail station.

06/04/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: The Name of the Current Mayor

Wednesday Fizz featuring a K-12 funding solution?, public campaign finance, Seward Park sewage, an unfortunately timed announcement, and a time warp.

06/04/2014 By Morning Fizz

City Hall

Council Puts Off Microhousing Decision

A council committee puts off a decision on microhousing regulations to give stakeholders more time to weigh in.

06/03/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Mudroom

Perfect Party June 2014

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

06/03/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Transportation

County Council Split on Metro Cuts

The King County Council splits along surprising lines on how, and how much, to cut Metro transit service.

06/03/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

City Hall

One Question for Mayor Ed Murray

One question about pot for Mayor Ed Murray.

06/03/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

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Morning Fizz

"I Never Believed It Would Really Fall Apart"

Tuesday Fizz featuring a victorious Mayor Ed Murray one day after the historic minimum wage vote.

06/03/2014 By Morning Fizz

Afternoon Jolt

Monday Jolt: Council Passes Highest Minimum Wage in Nation

Over alternating choruses of boos and cheers, the city council passes legislation creating a path toward a $15 minimum wage—the highest in the country.

06/02/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Isn't It Weird That

Isn't It Weird That...

A weird thing we noticed about KOMO's reporting on long commutes.

06/02/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Quote Unquote

Capitol Hill's Out Watch

With Out Watch, Jennifer Dietrich wants to turn the tide against after-dark attacks in Capitol Hill.

06/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

The Explainer

Lake Washington Sockeye Salmon Returns on the Rise

It’s been years since sockeye returns to Lake Washington have yielded a fishery. But in June the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will start its annual count at the Ballard Locks, and if recent trends continue, the drought could soon be over.

06/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Morning Fizz

Monday Fizz: Unnecessary and an Additional Hardship

Monday Fizz featuring the minimum wage victory, minimum wage worries, and South End crime concerns.

06/02/2014 By Morning Fizz

Power Lines

Pramila Jayapal Sees the Big Picture

The candidate for state senate charts a unifying course that goes far beyond narrow single issues.

06/02/2014 By Josh Feit

International Affairs

Crimea in Seattle: The War at Home

How events a world away are making things tense between Washington state’s estimated 35,000 Ukrainians and their fellow former Soviet Union citizens.

06/02/2014 By James Ross Gardner

The Sporting Life

The U.S. Open at Chambers Bay: An Ambition Unlike Any Other

When a team of architects and county officials announced in 2004 they were building a golf course worthy of the U.S. Open, it sounded like a joke: Golf’s most prestigious event, in Tacoma? But now the only ones laughing are the people who made it happen.

06/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Relationships

Surprise, You're Married!

Washington state’s marriage equality law magically transforms all registered domestic partnerships into marriages.

06/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

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