Politics

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: The Big Deal Policy Proposal

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring Mike O'Brien's Trickle-Up Theory and Nick Licata's aPodment amendments.

09/16/2014 By Morning Fizz

City

On Other Blogs Today: Seattlish on Westneat, Connelly on Eyman

Seattlish unpacks Danny Westneat with a scalpel and Joel Connelly reports on Tim Eyman's latest antics.

09/15/2014 By Casey Jaywork and Josh Feit

Afternoon Jolt

Monday Jolt: Three Losers and One Winner

Mayor Murray, Sen. Murray, Clint Didier, and Coal.

09/15/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

Opinion

Isn't It Weird That: Activists Don't Want Growth, but Want the Money That Comes with It?

A weird thing we noticed about the Seattle Displacement Coalition.

09/15/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Mayor Murray Will Propose Car Sharing Expansion

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring car sharing, linking, and swapping.

09/15/2014 By Morning Fizz

On Other Blogs Today

On Other Blogs Today: War, Public Safety, and Tax Breaks

Our daily roundup.

09/12/2014 By Casey Jaywork and Josh Feit

City

Union Preschool Measure Will Cost $3 Million...or $100 Million

It's not clear whether Prop 1A creates mandates for city funding, so it's impossible to say how much it would cost.

09/12/2014 By Casey Jaywork

This Washington

Pedestrian Chronicles: Fed Grants Announced. No Ped Bridge, No Burke-Gilman Fixes

Oil spill protection for Makah and $20 million Port of Seattle upgrades make list.

09/12/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Obliviously

Our Friday morning Likes & Dislikes

09/12/2014 By Morning Fizz

This Washington

One Question: What if Voters Reject McCleary Funding Plan?

Would voters be in contempt of court if they reject a legislative K-12 funding plan?

09/11/2014 By Josh Feit

Afternoon Jolt

Jolt: WA Supreme Court Says State is in "Contempt" for Not Fully Funding K-12 Schools

Unanimous Court ruling gives legislature one last chance.

09/11/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Reversing Policy, KC Sheriff Urquhart Says No More Chokeholds

Caffeinated News and Gossip featuring No chokeholds, no Tiger Grant, no transit, and no excuses.

09/11/2014 By Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: New SDOT Director Recommends Watching This Louis CK Video

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring NSFW videos and NSFW quotes.

09/10/2014 By Morning Fizz

That Washington

Questioning the Urban Archipelago

Why the Democrats are screwed

09/09/2014 By Josh Feit

Article

"Hypocrisy" and "Offensive Beliefs": Charges Fly in 1st District Race

The race for northwest Washington's congressional seat gets messy.

09/09/2014 By Casey Jaywork

This Washington

Local Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Eclipses XL Pipeline

Sightline Study frames Pacific NW as Ground Zero in fight against fossil fuel exports.

09/09/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: "Instead of Focusing on Plan B, Let's Focus on Making Plan A Work."

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring tuition, buses, divisions, and polls.

09/09/2014 By Morning Fizz

City Hall

Microhousing Developers Open Books

Developers claim new regulations would cause 40 percent increase in rent.

09/08/2014 By Roger Valdez

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Opportunity for Exploitation

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring: microhousing amendments, rejecting amendments, and rejecting GOP spin

09/08/2014 By Morning Fizz

PubliPola

PubliPola: Preschool Competition

Are you for Prop. 1 A or Prop. 1 B?

09/05/2014 By Casey Jaywork