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By Josh Feit at 8:01 pm

PubliCola Adds Life Seattle's news elixir. Links after the jump: 1) Your daily Morning Fizz. 2) Email your calendar listings to Anand@PubliCola.com. Arts ones too. 3) City Council overrides McGinn's tunnel veto. 4) King County Executive Dow Constantine's state of the county. Plus some proposals. 5) So much for bipartisanship in Olympia ... and transparency. 6) A scheduling mishap at city hall. 7) McGinn stands by tunnel veto calls for public vote. 8 ) McGinn wants more Seattle cops to live in Seattle. 9) Back to the basics: GOP brings back Styrofoam. 10) Quote of the day. Whoa. 11) Your daily Afternoon Jolt. (Loser: Blue Washington. Winner: Green Washington.) 12) Council wants affordable to mean affordable. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 6:24 pm

City Hall, Politics The city council approves new, lower affordability limits for a developer tax break designed to spur private investment in affordable housing, but the limits don't go far enough, two council members say. read more →

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By Andrew Calkins at 5:54 pm

Jolt, News Greens Win, but Blue Washington takes a hit. read more →

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By Josh Feit at 5:33 pm

Politics, This Washington A socially conservative Democrat attempts to hijack a bill that would legalize paid surrogacy, saddling it with an avalanche of stalling amendments. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 5:01 pm

On Other Blogs, That Washington The Seattle PI's Joel Connelly reports: Styrofoam, banned from the US Capitol as part of a waste-reduction program, is back thanks to the new GOP House majority. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 4:53 pm

News Mayor Mike McGinn stands by, and elaborates on, his comment last week that Seattle's police force should "look like Seattle." Plus: Testing cops for steroids. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 3:38 pm

City Hall, Politics Mayor Mike McGinn says the city council "decided a long time ago that they're not going to let the facts stand in the way of their position" in favor of the tunnel. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 3:06 pm

City Hall, Politics Mayor Mike McGinn reschedules a press conference on the tunnel to a time that directly conflicts with his council ally O'Brien's introduction of an anti-tunnel resolution. read more →

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By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 2:09 pm

News A 21-year-old man was rushed to Harborview last night after he stumbled into a South Seattle gas station, bleeding from numerous stab wounds to his side and back, according to police. Around 7:30pm, police say the man walked into a gas station at Martin Luther King Jr Way S, purchased several items and left the [...] read more →

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By Andrew Calkins at 1:35 pm

On Other Blogs, This Washington State Sen. Jim Honeyford is fed up with the majority in the Senate scheduling hearings without proper notice. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 1:01 pm

Politics In In his first annual State of the County address, King County Executive Dow Constantine praised the county's unions and vowed to cut costs and make county government more efficient in the coming year. read more →

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By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 11:27 am

News Seattle police documents released this morning detail the evidence that led detectives to a suspect in the murder of Michelle Thornton, who was found dead in her Belltown apartment in January. According to an SPD probable cause statement, police found Michelle Thornton’s body in a closet in her apartment on 1st and Vine on January [...] read more →

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