Joel Connelly

I worked for Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to 6/30/2020. During that time, I wrote about 9 presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections‎, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants, six Washington wilderness battles, creation of two national Monuments (Hanford Reach and San Juan Islands), a 104 million acre Alaska Lands Act, plus the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Politics

How J.T. Wilcox Hopes to Hatch a Republican Comeback

New Republican challengers are promising not to undo decades of social progress and to avoid the scary laws other state Republicans have favored.
Books

Flay and Flatter: Tina Brown Does the Royals

Tina Brown is at heart a royalist. The former Vanity Fair and New Yorker editor is a Brit who moves in upper crust circles. But she is also a wickedly funny and perceptive writer. 
Politics

In Tough Primary, Herrera Beutler Pitches Democrats

With an open August primary, and Democrats not fielding a major challenger in 2022, Herrera Beutler is courting the D’s base. 
Politics

Good News (and Polling Numbers) for Patty Murray

The latest trip into the polling field finds a stabilized race, Murray ahead.
Health

British Columbia to Decriminalize Possession of Hard Drugs

"By decriminalizing people who use drugs, we will break down the stigma that stops people from accessing lifesaving support and services.”
Environment

Dead. Done. Finished (Right?): EPA Weighs in On a Gold Mine in Bristol Bay

The mine, with its potential impact on fisheries, has drawn unprecedented opposition that has spread from the fishing industry and Alaska natives to the state’s politicians. 
Politics

Sen. Warnock: Are we a Jan. 5th or a Jan. 6th Country?

Georgia Sen. Warnock dispenses words of wisdom at a Seattle fundraiser.
Elsewhere

Leaving it to the Kooks: Alberta Premier Abruptly Quits After Railing Against “Lunatics”

“What’s the easiest path for me?” Jason Kenney asked.  “Just to take a walk. I don’t need the job. I could go into the private sector, have my evenings, weekends off. I don’t say this stuff publicly, there are just kooky people generally."
Politics

Verdict on Trump’s Primary Influence: Idaho the Outlier?

Trump fared much better in other primaries across the country, possibly to the detriment of his party.
Elsewhere

Idaho’s Battle of the Republicans

Some are drawn to a “white homeland” movement which dreams of turning northern reaches of the Inland Northwest into a refuge from America’s growing diversity and multiculturalism.
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