In one notable race, the New Bellevue of fast growth, high-rise development, and increasingly diverse population came up against the Old Bellevue culture of middle-class neighborhoods fighting to protect their character.  

What happened?  Voter apathy. The ballot returns are barely above the levels of the August primary, and well below the numbers for two years ago.

The biggest problem is that the city has come to regard the Center as an orphan.

The only Seattle City Council incumbent who looks to survive is Dan Strauss, who represents the Ballard-centered 6th District. Strauss’s opponent, Pete Hanning, did poorly in the August primary and didn’t draw the kind of independent support that other challengers did.

Entrenched conservatives in Spokane and Snohomish County are trailing in early returns.

Sen. Kennedy, in imploring the new Speaker: I am a Christian and believe that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. But Jesus lived long ago.

Pro-choice forces have now prevailed in seven out of seven statewide votes on abortion rights held since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hobbs ruling.

The midtown Connector has recently been re-branded as the “culture connector.” That designation is a stretch.

The Public Disclosure Commission has spent the past several years ramping up its enforcement efforts for delinquent filers.

This new book by Sen. Keiser, who has been responsible for much progressive legislation including mandatory paid sick leave and expanded health care protection, stresses the need to build pipelines to help women and people of color run and win so they can help pass landmark laws.

I’m comfortable offering you this pre-holiday list of the very best wines I’ve tasted so far in 2023.

The rich lands of B.C. drew the interest of Russia, Spain, America, and Britain.

Italy has hundreds of — perhaps even a thousand — such farms, all part of a fast-growing movement known as “social farming.”

As president, Carter fought for the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and signed ANILCA into law just before leaving office.

Restraint I admit it is unlikely, but it might just be Israel’s secret weapon at this point. Continued bombing of Gaza is a loser in the media war. And full-scale invasion would likely end up as Colin Powell said back then, “you break it, you own it.”

The grave's a fine and private placeBut none I think do there embraceEspecially in a noisy raceWhen pundits scream from place to placeAnd talking...

The goal of an all-EV car and pickup market by 2030 implies a huge increase in the local use of electric power. We don’t have the power plants to do that. Our utilities will have to buy the expensive power on the market.

As with the start of WW I, the world is again observing a struggle between ethnic groups to create an independent nation-state from land that another ethnic group occupies.

Composers today are the product of a dizzying array of influences as popular culture has splintered and high art has emerged from its cubbies.

Republicans in Congress used to be a helpful ally for Washington-based legislation, bur Trump has scared them into ideological opposition.

Author Jacob Mchangama takes the reader on an eye-opening tour of the relentless demands on conscience of free speech.

“The … laser-like focus on reducing red tape, addressing past administrative failures, and putting borrowers first have now resulted in a historic $127 billion in debt relief approved for nearly 3.6 million borrowers.” But 40 million will still have student debts to pay.

Port Gamble is an authentic regional gem -- Some three dozen 19th century homes, a steepled church, general store, specialty shops and a community theater – surrounded by verdant lawns and whitewashed picket fences.

 I specifically value wines that best demonstrate typicity, specificity, clarity, elegance, polish, depth and balance.

The Northwest was well represented at the dinner for Australia's Prime Minister Albanese. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and wife Nancy were on hand. So was Idaho Sen. Jim Risch and spouse Vicki, and Rep. Adam Smith, a former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

"This Other Eden" is set in the early 20th century, and comes to a long foreshadowed climax when the state moves to evict the island’s longstanding, racially mixed residents.

Just as in free countries like the U.S., China’s micro-bloggers are as well-informed as well as divided in their positions over this terrible war in Israel.

The people, the churches, the colleges and seminaries of New England Congregationalism. It’s what anthropologists call a “thick culture,” and unlike anything we have in the west.

If the book banners really cared about the students, they would proscribe overlong books stuffed with impenetrable prose. Books that provoke panic attacks when appearing on the final exam.

Both candidates running to replace Sawant in District 3, Joy Hollingsworth and Alex Hudson, pledge to show up for work at City Hall. A second improvement, they promise to work with and for District 3 constituents, where I live.