Harrell talked of turning excess office space into housing, “affordable for everyone,” a range of possibilities such as “a linear arts/entertainment district,” bringing lighting and Pike Place Market vendors downtown and promoting restaurants and businesses in the stadium area.

Taxing income has been a hot-button issue in Washington for more than 90 years.  Now the Court might force a decision.

Some members from both parties question if the spigot of money flowing to the military should be turned down a bit. That's unlikely, unless there is a change of strategy.

Exactly how those costs of a transition away from natural gas get passed on to the ratepayers figures to be the real sticking point.

The wines are highly allocated and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

An estimated 97 percent of the Chinook caught by that Alaskan fishery spawn outside Alaska. Many of those fish might normally nourish the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs) – our Puget Sound orcas.

During his college summers, while working the wheat harvest, the future U.S. Supreme Court Justice enjoyed listening to the tales of Wobblies, the Industrial Workers of the World, who were considered criminals by many of his neighbors.

Frederick Douglass on Lincoln: “He never shocked prejudices unnecessarily.  Having learned statesmanship while splitting rails, he always used the thin edge of the wedge first – and the fact that he used it at all meant that he would, if need be, use the thick as well as the thin.”   

The result of this hedging is a risk-averse city, since you don't know which way the wind is blowing, where to invest, and which "leader" to follow or fight.

The overall Super Bowl extravaganza is entertainment, arguably the biggest show of them all. Does it work to sandwich Christianity in there?

Left alone, these forests will last thousands of years and rise to immense heights.  Can we live in such close proximity?  The Duwamish did.

It is lovely winter colors -- the bright green chives, the white yogurt, cracked pepper and the red/yellow hues from the juice. Vignettes.

Despite its noble intentions, the current program of Democracy Vouchers has several glaring flaws that need to be addressed.

Even in the throes of a reinvigorated Russian offensive in the Donbas industrial heartland, expectations remain high that Ukrainians’ motivation to defeat Putin’s aggression will end with Kyiv recovering at least the territory seized by Russia since its Feb. 24, 2022, invasion.

What do we think? Post Alley writers Joe Copeland and Art Thiel discuss the latest (and local) example of sportswashing...

Two things prioritize what seems the mandatory minimum for sustained offensive success these days in a business with both high personnel turnover and a ruthless consumer demand for instant gratification (making it identical to nearly every other aspect of 21st-century life).

One way of remaking downtown might be to return to what once worked: closing the Pine Street block to cars between Westlake Park and Westlake Center.

Among the tasks facing any AVA application is the requirement for a historic connection to the name chosen.

B.C.'s decriminalization of hard drugs represents “a monumental shift in drug policy that favors fostering trusting and supportive relationships in health and social services over further criminalization,” in words of Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s federal minister for mental health and addiction.

Our progressive city has undergone significant mission creep as it determines to solve national and regional problems on a constricted local tax base.

This is a supply-and-demand issue, but it’s also a case study of the complexities of managing a valuable public resource.

For 70 years, this tradition has brought together political leaders, including every president who has participated since 1952, in a spirit of faith that transcended the political beliefs on all sides.

Giving advice has a double-whammy. It can make the recipient feel even more alone (you’re “telling the person you don’t get it”), and, that it can also sound like judgment.

That is, the speech was aimed squarely at workers who used to form the base of the Democratic party but have migrated to the GOP.

The overriding goal is to provide a more complete picture of the activities that affect public policy on everything from public safety to environmental protection.

If the Seattle School District lawsuit succeeds, will that mean the end of the Internet as we know it? Would that be such a bad thing?

The President said that the US was again exporting goods and thereby creating more jobs. Yes, but the US is also importing more than ever.

Envisioned is a transformed courtyard that will be "an urban ecosystem that integrates water, native plants, and animals."

Whether the city can grow or mature a new crop of civic leaders is an open question. Not right away.

He had an energy, a fire tonight we rarely see in Biden, but it was there as he talked about 12 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment rate in decades, Medicare finally gaining the right to negotiate drug prices.