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• Here’s some help to get around the Seattle region when Highway 99 closes for three weeks

  09-01-2019 23:55
  The Alaskan Way Viaduct closes for good Jan. 11, and the new Highway 99 tunnel won't open for another three weeks. The Seattle Squeeze will strain commutes and other travel, but here are some resources to help you navigate.
  
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• Idaho appeals ruling ordering surgery for transgender inmate

  09-01-2019 23:46
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho said Wednesday it will appeal a recent court ruling ordering the state to provide gender confirmation surgery to a transgender inmate. The Idaho Department of Correction filed a notice advising U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill that the state will appeal his ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
  
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• The Central District Is Losing Its Only Post Office Until Further Notice

  09-01-2019 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The Central District is becoming a service desert.by Nathalie GrahamMailing things is becoming even more of a bitch in the Central District.Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
  Go ahead. Do a quick little Google search of post offices in Seattle. See that part southeast of Madison Street? There's one little red post-office dot for the entire Central District. That post office is closing on Saturday.The Central District's only post office, located at 23rd and Union, had its lease terminated to make way
  
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• Audit finds racial disparity in outcomes at Portland schools

  09-01-2019 23:30
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — There was an achievement gap of more than 50 percent between white students and black students in Oregon’s largest school district, Portland Public Schools, according to an audit released Wednesday by the state Secretary of State’s office found. The year-long audit also found similar achievement discrepancies for Hispanic, Native American and […]
  
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• Oregon appeals court rejects kids’ climate change lawsuit

  09-01-2019 23:29
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit filed by children years ago that seeks to force the state to do more to protect public resources from climate change. The case, filed in 2011, says the “public trust” doctrine under Oregon common law requires the state to protect resources like beaches […]
  
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• US officials declare end to outbreak from romaine lettuce

  09-01-2019 23:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are declaring an end to a food poisoning outbreak blamed on romaine lettuce from California. From October to December, the E. coli outbreak sickened 62 people in 16 states. No one died, but 25 people were hospitalized. Illnesses were also reported in Canada. Investigators concluded that romaine lettuce […]
  
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• Fact Check: Immigrant Business Owners Being Gentrified Out of SeaTac Are, Indeed, Paying Their Taxes

  09-01-2019 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  I do not normally fact check angry commenters who perpetuate xenophobic conspiracies about immigrants not paying their fair share, but this is a special case.by Rich SmithThis spreadsheet is wrong.Someone is spreading misinformation that 44 out of 50 business owners in the SeaTac Market—a majority of whom are East African Muslim immigrants—are not "reporting their taxes." To support their point, "jellybeanjen," who has been described to me as a "longtime resident of SeaTac," posted a
  
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• Where To Go for Unique Hot Chocolate This Winter

  09-01-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  Hot Cakes, Cafe Press, and more places to go for unique hot chocolate in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffWith the onslaught of dreary winter days, we could all use a little hygge in our lives. Why not warm your bones with a cup of rich, comforting hot cocoa? We've rounded up some remarkable ways to get your hot chocolate fix around town, from single-origin to Aztec to French-style chocolat chaud.Bedlam Coffee
  This funky Belltown coffee shop serves a "hot cherry hot chocolate," a coffee-fre
  
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• Idaho State football player files complaint against coaches

  09-01-2019 22:57
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State University is investigating allegations of physical abuse and inappropriate communication by its football coaches. Idaho State safety Jayson Miller filed a formal complaint with the university on Nov. 14. Miller says head coach Rob Phenicie twice hammer-punched his shoulder, and assistant coach Jay Staggs sent Miller and other players […]
  
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• Operations suspended at Canada’s Mount Polly mine

  09-01-2019 22:55
  WILLIAMS LAKE, British Columbia (AP) — Imperial Metals Corp. says it is suspending operations at its Mount Polley mine in south-central British Columbia due to declining copper prices. The gold and copper mine was the site of a 2014 tailings dam collapse that was one of the largest environmental disasters in the province’s history. Imperial […]
  
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• 13 Places to Drink Unique Hot Chocolate in Seattle This Winter

  09-01-2019 22:55 via thestranger.com
  Hot Cakes, Cafe Press, and more places to go for unique hot chocolate in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffWith the onslaught of dreary winter days, we could all use a little hygge in our lives. Why not warm your bones with a cup of rich, comforting hot cocoa? We've rounded up some remarkable ways to get your hot chocolate fix around town, from single-origin to Aztec to French-style chocolat chaud. For more ideas for things to eat and drink, check out our food and drink calendar.
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• Our Arts Critics' Picks for Tonight's Capitol Hill Art Walk

  09-01-2019 22:45 via thestranger.com
  Rebelliously Cheerful Art, New Wave German Posters, Psychedelic Animals, and Other Things to See on January 10by Stranger Things To Do StaffEvery second Thursday, rain or shine, the streets of Capitol Hill are filled with tipsy art lovers checking out galleries and special events for Capitol Hill Art Walk. On our Capitol Hill Art Walk calendar, you'll find a bunch of great options for the January 10 edition, but, below, we've compiled our critics' picks—the openings you shouldn't miss. Fol
  
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• Our Arts Critics' Picks for Thursday's Capitol Hill Art Walk

  09-01-2019 22:45 via thestranger.com
  Rebelliously Cheerful Art, New Wave German Posters, Psychedelic Animals, and Other Things to See on January 10by Stranger Things To Do StaffEvery second Thursday, rain or shine, the streets of Capitol Hill are filled with tipsy art lovers checking out galleries and special events for Capitol Hill Art Walk. On our Capitol Hill Art Walk calendar, you'll find a bunch of great options for the January 10 edition, but, below, we've compiled our critics' picks—the openings you shouldn't miss. Fol
  
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• Judge dismisses opioid crisis lawsuits against drugmakers

  09-01-2019 22:43
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has dismissed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and two dozen other drug companies brought by 37 cities and towns in the state, which blame them for the opioid crisis and seek to recoup millions of dollars spent on emergency response and other services. Judge Thomas Moukawsher in Hartford Superior […]
  
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• The Trouble with the Socialist Alternative Running Sawant's Council Seat

  09-01-2019 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Eugene03/gettyimages.com
  On January 7, Kevin Schofield of S.C.C. Insight—a blog that covers Seattle City Council—posted an article that revealed something that's at once surprising and not surprising: Seattle Council Member Kshama Sawant does not run her office or make its decisions, but her party, the local chapter of the Socialist Alternative (SA), does. The article, "Internal Socialist Alternative Documents Show It Runs Sawant's Office and Controls Her Vote," is
  
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• The Top Nine Things To See at the January 2019 Capitol Hill Art Walk

  09-01-2019 22:37 via thestranger.com
  An "Erotic Cafeteria," New Wave German Posters, Psychedelic Animals, and Other Things to See on January 10by Stranger Things To Do StaffEvery second Thursday, rain or shine, the streets of Capitol Hill are filled with tipsy art lovers checking out galleries and special events for Capitol Hill Art Walk. On our Capitol Hill Art Walk calendar, you'll find a bunch of great options for the January 10 edition, but, below, we've compiled our critics' picks—the openings you shouldn't miss. Follow
  
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• The Top Eight Things To See at the January 2019 Capitol Hill Art Walk

  09-01-2019 22:37 via thestranger.com
  Rebelliously Cheerful Art, New Wave German Posters, Psychedelic Animals, and Other Things to See on January 10by Stranger Things To Do StaffEvery second Thursday, rain or shine, the streets of Capitol Hill are filled with tipsy art lovers checking out galleries and special events for Capitol Hill Art Walk. On our Capitol Hill Art Walk calendar, you'll find a bunch of great options for the January 10 edition, but, below, we've compiled our critics' picks—the openings you shouldn't miss. Fol
  
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• Remains ID’d as girl in SUV that went over California cliff

  09-01-2019 22:28
  Authorities believe Jennifer Hart, 38, was drunk when she intentionally drove her vehicle off a cliff into the ocean about 155 miles north of San Francisco, killing eight people.
  
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• Human remains found near site of Hart family crash in California

  09-01-2019 22:28
  Authorities believe Jennifer Hart, 38, was drunk when she intentionally drove her vehicle off a cliff into the ocean about 155 miles north of San Francisco, killing eight people.
  
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• Jeff Bezos's OkCupid Profile… Revealed!

  09-01-2019 22:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Well, that didn't take long.by Katie Herzog
  Well, that didn't take long. Just hours after annoucing his divorce from his wife of 25 years, an astute Slog tipster uncovered Jeff B.'s OkCupid profile. Looking for love and a few billion dollars? Here's your chance, non-smoking ladies between the ages of 19 and 23! (Sorry gents. The only balls Jeff is interested in are his own.)You'll need an OkCupid account to see his full profile, but we've excerpted a few sections here. [ Comment on this story ][
  
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• Former CEO pleads guilty to fentanyl spray kickback scheme

  09-01-2019 22:07
  BOSTON (AP) — The former chief executive of a company that produces a potentially addictive fentanyl spray pleaded guilty Wednesday to scheming with his colleagues to bribe doctors into increasing prescriptions to boost sales. Former Insys Therapeutics CEO Michael Babich also agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors who are preparing to go to trial in […]
  
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• Is There Anything Kevin Hart Could Do That Would Make You Accept Him as an Oscars Host?

  09-01-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 180 talks about Trump, Talib, Warren, and the huge controversy over comedian Kevin Hart (above) and the Oscars. Phillip Faraone / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  Was Stormy Daniels’ prime-time address on Tuesday more informative than President Trump’s?Eli Sanders, Rich Smith, and Katie Herzog consider this question and then parse the propaganda that spewed from the Oval Office as Trump, backed into a corner of his own makin
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Instantly Infectious "Cosmic Cave" by Mary Timony's DC Trio, Ex Hex

  09-01-2019 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Mary Timony-led trio Ex Hex return from a five-year hiatus with the instantly adorable glam-pop nugget, "Cosmic Cave."by Dave SegalEx Hex are back, and sweeter than ever. Michael Lavine
  Ex Hex, "Cosmic Cave" (Merge)
  If Mary Timony's in a band, you should probably pay attention. Her latest project—Ex Hex, with bassist Betsy Wright and drummer Laura Harris—released an outstanding power-pop-inflected debut in 2014 called Rips. Stranger freelancer Bree McKenna was one of many critics
  
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• Labor commissioner: complaint against Legislature to proceed

  09-01-2019 20:44
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s new labor commissioner says her department will pursue its civil rights complaint against the Oregon Legislature whose leaders were accused of allowing harassment to persist. The complaint was initiated under Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle’s predecessor. She said Wednesday protocol dictates that her deputy commissioner handle the next steps. Hoyle, who […]
  
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• Medieval woman’s hidden art career revealed by blue teeth

  09-01-2019 20:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder who she was. But when modern scientists examined her dug-up remains, they discovered something peculiar — brilliant blue flecks […]
  
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• Medieval woman’s art career revealed by blue stains on teeth

  09-01-2019 20:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder who she was. But when modern scientists examined her dug-up remains, they discovered something peculiar — brilliant blue flecks […]
  
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• Lawsuit: Mormon Church failed to keep child safe from abuse

  09-01-2019 20:36
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Another member of the Navajo Nation is suing the Mormon church, saying he was abused in a now-defunct program that sent children into foster care for the school year. Unlike similar lawsuits, the complaint filed Tuesday in tribal court doesn’t seek changes to the policies of The Church of Jesus Christ […]
  
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• Reader Has a Bad Trip and Dan Proves He Can Be Succinct (With a Little Help From ASMR YouTube)

  09-01-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I had met this guy on an online dating site and we had been talking for a few weeks. He showed a real interest in me. He told me that he was interested in meeting someone for a long-term relationship and I was excited about the possibility. I'm a student living a different state and we decided to meet over last weekend.
  This wasn't going to be a regular meeting. We were going to trip together. I'm not new to psychedelics and had taken acid before and en
  
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• Trump Threatens to Hold FEMA Funds for California Fire Relief Hostage

  09-01-2019 19:49 via thestranger.com
  
  "Did you try raking?"by Nathalie Graham"Did you try raking?"Pool / Pool
  Donald Trump is feeling particularly vindictive today.Early this morning, he tweeted out that he was ordering FEMA to not send any more money California's way for wildfire relief. The following tweet is his second attempt. In the first, he lambasted 'forrest' management.
  Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act
  
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• Lawmakers can tap state experts to get grip on Idaho budget

  09-01-2019 19:46
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Information is power, and Idaho lawmakers could have more of it this year with a new emphasis on sending non-partisan budget experts to House and Senate committees to explain the numbers in the financial requests of the state agencies they oversee. Committee chairmen meeting Wednesday were encouraged to tap the Legislative […]
  
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• Tickets on Sale NOW for SPLIFF!—The World's First Film Festival Made by the Stoned for the Stoned

  09-01-2019 19:25 via thestranger.com
  
  We're baking up a trippy new film festival!by Chase BurnsIt's like this. But in a theater. And you have to smoke your weed nugs beforehand because laws.Hey stoners, have you heard the most important news of 2019? (Big claim, but definitely true.) We're baking up a trippy new film festival! The creators of HUMP! and Savage Love have created a new film festival called SPLIFF, and tickets go on sale TODAY! Just as HUMP!’s mission is to normalize sex, SPLIFF’s mission will be to normaliz
  
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• Gov. Little seeks 3 percent merit raises for Idaho employees

  09-01-2019 18:44
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little is recommending a 3 percent merit-based pay increase for state employees in his proposed budget. The Idaho Press reports state worker pay has lagged behind both the public and private markets. Little’s recommendation echoes the Idaho Division of Human Resources’ proposal in its annual report, which called […]
  
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• Henrik Ibsen's Nora Is Back and She's Got Some Shit to Say

  09-01-2019 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsA Doll's House, Part 2 makes its PNW debut at Seattle Repertory Theatre on March 15.Cassandra Swan
  Modern theater started with the slamming of a door.
  That's what they say, at least. The door slams two hours into A Doll's House, by the 19th-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The character slamming the door is Nora Helmer. She's just had an epiphany: Her marriage sucks and she hates being a mother. Her happiness is a lie, built on top of other lies. Her husband pleads for he
  
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• Man shot, wounded in parking lot of Anchorage restaurant

  09-01-2019 18:31
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say a man was shot and wounded in the parking lot of a busy fast-food restaurant. Police say the man was wounded early Wednesday morning outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Northern Lights Boulevard in west Anchorage. Police took a call shortly before 1 a.m. of shots fired along Arctic […]
  
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• Man in apartment wounded by shot fired from parking lot

  09-01-2019 18:31
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A shot fired in the parking lot of an Anchorage fast-food restaurant wounded a man in an apartment across the street. Anchorage police department spokesman MJ Thim (tim) says police have not determined whether the man was targeted or hit by a stray bullet. The man was wounded early Wednesday by […]
  
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• Risch elected to US Senate Foreign Relations Committee

  09-01-2019 18:20
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho has been elected chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The Idaho Republican says he’s glad to have the confidence of his colleagues to lead the committee. Risch fills the seat being vacated by the retirement of Sen. Bob Corker, a Republican from […]
  
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• Jay Inslee’s Health Care Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough

  09-01-2019 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  It is certainly an option.by Rich SmithHe picked the public option. RS
  As I suspected, at a press conference Tuesday morning Governor Jay Inslee announced his support for Cascade Cares, "a public option health plan" being introduced to the legislature by Rep. Eileen Cody.This is a big deal. It's also a frustrating thing to think about. If the bill passes, then health insurance costs on the state exchanges will be cheaper, which will make health care affordable and more accessible for thousands o
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope’s premier camera shuts down

  09-01-2019 18:08
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope’s premier camera has shut down because of a hardware problem. NASA said the camera stopped working Tuesday. Hubble’s three other science instruments are still working fine, with celestial observations continuing. This third incarnation of the wide field camera was installed by spacewalking astronauts in 2009. The […]
  
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• Fairbanks teen charged in fatal stabbing of older brother

  09-01-2019 17:44
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An 18-year-old Fairbanks man has been charged with manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of his older brother. Dustin Charley is charged in the death early Monday of 29-year-old Jonathan Titus. Charley called 911 after the stabbing and told police he had armed himself with a small knife because he was afraid […]
  
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• Slog AM: Bezos Is Back on the Market, King County Homeless Deaths Hit Record High, Protect Our Strippers

  09-01-2019 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyJeff and MacKenzie Bezos call it quits.CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY
  Homeless deaths hit record high: The number of homeless people who die every year in King County has more than doubled over the last six years, with 2018 likely being the deadliest on record. According to a preliminary count, 191 people died in King County compared to 169 last year of causes ranging from heart disease, gunshot wounds, and suicide. It’s not yet clear what is driving this trend—deaths have n
  
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• Male workers face DNA testing after comatose woman had baby

  09-01-2019 17:31
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police have served a search warrant to get DNA from all male employees at a long-term care facility in Phoenix where a patient in a vegetative state for years gave birth, triggering reviews by state agencies and highlighting safety concerns for severely disabled or incapacitated patients. Hacienda HealthCare owns the facility and […]
  
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• DNA sought of males at center where comatose woman had baby

  09-01-2019 17:31
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police have served a search warrant to get DNA from all male employees at a long-term care facility in Phoenix where a patient who was in a vegetative state for years gave birth, triggering reviews by state agencies and putting a spotlight on safety concerns for severely disabled or incapacitated patients. Hacienda […]
  
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• Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos are divorcing after 25-year marriage

  09-01-2019 16:15
  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced on Twitter that he and his wife, MacKenzie, are divorcing.
  
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• Another round of wind and winter weather’s here, but warmer temps and sun breaks on the way

  09-01-2019 16:10
  Expect snow in the mountains and hazardous driving conditions at the passes over the next couple of days. In the lowlands, today’s rain could soon give way to sun breaks and warmer temperatures as the week goes on.
  
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• Poles protest govt plan for mass slaughter of wild boars

  09-01-2019 16:09
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles are protesting a government plan to hold a massive slaughter of wild boars as a way to stop the spread of the deadly African swine fever among farm pigs. Environmentalists say up to 200,000 wild boars, including pregnant females, could be killed across Poland by the end of […]
  
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• The right answer in Seattle’s great viaduct debate turned out to be one they never proposed

  09-01-2019 15:00
  Seattle's great argument about what to do about the viaduct rages on, even in the elevated freeway's final few days. But there's a surprising answer about who turned out to be right.
  
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• State senator proposes bill to block any downtown Seattle tolling plan

  09-01-2019 15:00
  State Sen. Tim Sheldon unveiled a bill Tuesday that would block any city from implementing tolls without permission from the Legislature. He acknowledges the bill is unlikely to pass in a Legislature controlled by Democrats.
  
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• Once again, homeless deaths in King County appear to break record

  09-01-2019 15:00
  The year 2018 will probably be the most deadly one on record for homeless people in King County, with a preliminary count by the King County Medical Examiner of 191 deaths.
  
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• ‘It did not seem right’: How a group of savvy Issaquah residents halted a housing development

  09-01-2019 15:00
  It helps a lot if all in that core group have organizing skills, and include energetic retirees, or and a stay-at-home mom, who can devote literally hundreds of hours to the effort.
  
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• Gov. Inslee will travel to Nevada on Saturday as presidential exploration continues

  09-01-2019 15:00
  Nevada will be the third state to weigh in on the 2020 presidential race, with caucuses set for February next year.
  
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