May 2, 2012
By Erica C. Barnett at 11:23 am
The Seattle Times will turn anything---even plans for a popular park proposal---into an opportunity to oppose the mayor's parking deregulation proposal. Image via Seattle Municipal Archives. read more →
May 1, 2012
By Erica C. Barnett at 5:08 pm
Some positive signs for economic growth in Seattle. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 3:40 pm
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. Mayor Mike McGinn issues an emergency order allowing police officers to confiscate weapons and potential weapons at today's May Day protests. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 2:03 pm
A former council member argues for a Rainier Valley arena. read more →
April 30, 2012
By Erica C. Barnett at 2:31 pm
Politico ranks Washington's Inslee-McKenna showdown the third most competitive in the nation. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 12:20 pm
Washington State Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers says there's no war on women, calls the Fair Pay Act "a bad bill." read more →
April 27, 2012
By Erica C. Barnett at 5:18 pm
City Council member Mike O'Brien's campaign finance reform proposal faces hurdles. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 2:32 pm
The US Senate passes a bill renewing the Violence Against Women Act. But House Republicans have proposed their own version of VAWA that guts protections for gay, immigrant, Native American, and rural women. Image via Roll Call. read more →
April 26, 2012
By Erica C. Barnett at 5:13 pm
Some potential unintended consequences of city council member Mike O'Brien's election reform proposal. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 3:26 pm
The King County Council holds its final public meeting on the largest Metro restructuring in the agency's history. read more →
April 25, 2012
By Erica C. Barnett at 6:23 pm
City Council member Mike O'Brien proposes new limits on campaign fundraising. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 4:07 pm
As Republicans in the US Senate propose a watered-down alternative of the Violence Against Women Act, Sen. Patty Murray and a Native American leader who suffered sexual violence push for expanding VAWA's protections to Native women, gays and lesbians, and some illegal immigrants. read more →
