News & City Life

City Hall

Notes from the Inauguration

Socialist Sawant steals the show at inauguration.

01/06/2014 By Josh Feit and Erica C. Barnett

CIty Hall

Many Ways to Calculate a "Living Wage"

Progressive groups question a study concluding that Washington state's minimum is already a "living wage."

01/06/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: The Problem Surfaced on the Left and the Right

Caffeinated news and gossip featuring secret donations, regulations, inaugurations, and Boeing.

01/06/2014 By Morning Fizz

This Washington

Pipe, Left by a Contractor 11 Years Ago, Blocks Bertha

Tunnel-boring machine's major malfunction: A 115-foot-long, eight-inch-wide steel pipe.

01/03/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Post

Murray Proposes $15 Minimum Wage for City Employees

At his first official City Hall press conference, Mayor Ed Murray proposed a $15 minimum wage for city employees while leaving the overall minimum-wage question open.

01/03/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Afternoon Jolt

Afternoon Jolt: Fact Checking Murray and Pflug

The day's winners and losers.

01/03/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Watch Out Amazon

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring the minimum wage, online shopping, and total compensation.

01/03/2014 By Morning Fizz

Isn't It Weird That

Isn't It Weird That ...

A weird thing we noticed about ex-mayor McGinn's seawall price tag.

01/02/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Unlike His Predecessor

Caffeinated news and gossip featuring health care, light rail, memos to Murray, and Bertha.

01/02/2014 By Morning Fizz

Post

Cool Jobs Behind the Scenes

The people who make Seattle move—and stop, and park—work their magic behind the scenes.

01/02/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Rainmakers

The Cartoon Network

After a year of heartache, loss, and financial struggle, Fantagraphics asked its fans for a miracle.

01/02/2014 By James Ross Gardner

Post

Perfect Party

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

01/02/2014

Explainer

Washington’s Mad Cow Scare, 10 Years Later

Inside the hysteria that gripped the country in December 2003 when the country’s first infected cow was found in the Yakima Valley.

01/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

News

One-Sentence Stories January 2014

A (really) brief recap of the news you might have missed.

01/02/2014 By Zosha Millman

Urban Renewal

The Bell Street Park Project Proves Sharing the Road Can Be Fun

Between First and Second Avenues, cars and pedestrians mingle. And everyone gets along.

01/02/2014 By Josh Feit

Mudroom

2014 Will Be the Year of the Gun in Washington State

With two dueling gun control initiatives on this November’s ballot, 2014 is shaping up to be a statewide firefight over firearms.

01/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Back Fence

Gray Like Me

Apparently, it’s a big damn deal to let your hair go gray. Who knew.

01/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Political Agendas

Ed Murray's To-Do List

Nine civic leaders, policy wonks, and activists share their priorities for the new mayor of Seattle.

01/02/2014

Quote Unquote

Model Railroader Al Lowe Lives on Little Rails

The train enthusiast and former video game designer will bring his engines and the mini-worlds they run through to the 40th Annual Model Railroad Show in January 2014.

01/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson