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• Korean Fried Chicken Comes to First Hill and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: March 1, 2019 Edition

  01-03-2019 23:49 via thestranger.com
  News and events for foodies: March 1 Editionby Stranger Things To Do StaffPre-spring Seattle abounds with exciting food news: The popular Korean fried chicken chain Bonchon has soft-opened its first Washington location in First Hill, Hood Famous Cafe and Bar will bring its beloved ube cheesecake and other Filipino sweets to the International District this week, Seattle chefs and restaurants are buzzing with excitement after the James Beard Award nominations were announced this week, and Lowrider
  
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• Lawmakers Are One Step Closer to Helping You Clear Your Felony

  01-03-2019 23:04 via thestranger.com
  
  The Washington House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Friday that would make it easier for people to remove misdemeanors and felonies from their convictions.by Lester BlackThe lawmakers in this building want to help people with old criminal convictions. Lester BlackWashington state is one step closer to making it easier for people to clear old criminal convictions, baby! The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill this morning that would make it substantially easier for pe
  
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• Got a Felony? Lawmakers Are One Step Closer to Helping You Clear Your Record

  01-03-2019 23:04 via thestranger.com
  
  The Washington House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Friday that would make it easier for people to remove misdemeanors and felonies from their convictions.by Lester BlackThe lawmakers in this building want to help people with old criminal convictions. Lester BlackWashington state is one step closer to making it easier for people to clear old criminal convictions, baby! The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill this morning that would make it substantially easier for pe
  
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• Alaska mayor vetoes LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections

  01-03-2019 23:04
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The mayor of Alaska’s second-largest city vetoed a new local law Friday that gave sweeping equal rights protections to the LGBTQ community — just days after the City Council approved it. Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly said he hopes to put the issue on the ballot in October and let voting residents […]
  
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• The Top 21 Women's History Month 2019 Events in Seattle

  01-03-2019 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLearn how violence against women and girls poses a threat to improving health equity around the world at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation International Women's Day event on March 7.
  The month of March pays special attention to the accomplishments and stories of womxn throughout history—especially those that have gone unaccounted for in mainstream curricula. While you can (and should) celebrate womxn all the time, Women's History Month brings some extra-
  
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• Our Picks for Women's History Month Events

  01-03-2019 23:02 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's critics' picks for the best Women's History Month 2019 events in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe month of March pays special attention to the accomplishments and stories of womxn throughout history—especially those that have gone unaccounted for in mainstream curricula. While you can (and should) celebrate womxn all the time, Women's History Month brings some extra-great opportunities to do so across genres, including the annual gender equity panel Be Bold Seattle,
  
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• High school gym roof collapses under heavy snow, no injuries

  01-03-2019 22:58
  SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — The Springfield School Board has declared an emergency after the roof of Thurston High School’s auxiliary gym collapsed. KEZI-TV reports the declaration made Friday will allow the district to waive the bidding process so repairs can be done more quickly. No one was injured when a support beam came down on […]
  
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• The Top 22 Women's History Month 2019 Events in Seattle

  01-03-2019 22:56 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's critics' picks for the best Women's History Month 2019 events in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe month of March pays special attention to the accomplishments and stories of womxn throughout history—especially those that have gone unaccounted for in mainstream curricula. While you can (and should) celebrate womxn all the time, Women's History Month brings some extra-great opportunities to do so across genres, including the annual gender equity panel Be Bold Seattle,
  
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• After a warm, dry January and a cold, wet February, what will March bring?

  01-03-2019 22:43
  After two months of extreme weather, it’s hard to know what could be in store for the Seattle area next. Here’s what experts say about the jarring winter we’re having.
  
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• Top lawmakers don’t see support for Dunleavy tax shifts

  01-03-2019 22:41
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Legislative leaders on Friday signaled concern with two high-profile provisions of the governor’s budget. Senate President Cathy Giessel says she doesn’t see support among her members for a change in petroleum property tax collections that would benefit the state but pose a financial hit to some communities House Speaker Bryce Edgmon […]
  
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• Companies, states interested in Louisiana hepatitis C plan

  01-03-2019 22:25
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three drug companies are interested in Louisiana’s plan to use a Netflix-style subscription model to buy access to hepatitis C drugs for Medicaid patients and prisoners, a treatment concept being watched by other states, the state health department announced Friday. Health Secretary Rebekah Gee wants Louisiana to pay a fee […]
  
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• Tweet by girl with 31 college acceptances goes viral

  01-03-2019 22:21
  FAIRBURN, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia high-school senior’s tweet about being accepted by 31 colleges and universities has gone viral. Kayla Willis said she applied to so many schools to show others that someone with good grades can make it, even with average scores on standardized tests, WXIA-TV reported. She said her SAT score was […]
  
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• I've Upset the Vegans

  01-03-2019 22:07 via thestranger.com
  
  ...and now people are calling me Bill O'Reilly.by Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: A gay kinkster wonders whether he should sound off online about a pair of inept tops or contact them directly? Should this guy tell his Tinder date about the drowning risk his kink presents? She cheated… now what? And: "My future husband is wonderful but his mother is destroying our lives."And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.
  I've upset the vegans:I have to call you out o
  
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• Tribe, groups sue over Alaska reserve petroleum exploration

  01-03-2019 22:03
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska tribe and five environmental groups say the federal government performed inadequate environmental review before approving petroleum exploration in a reserve. The Native Village of Nuiqsut (noo-IK-sit) and the groups on Thursday sued the Bureau of Land Management. They say the agency did not consider direct and cumulative effects of […]
  
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• Washington’s Worst Billionaires, Ranked

  01-03-2019 21:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe kind of meal $137 billion gets you.EMILY DRISCOLL
  1. Jeff BezosPorn star Bezos is most famous for his glass balls and his big, swinging dick pics, but—fun fact—he’s also the founder and chairman of city-ruiner Amazon dot com; the reason Washington state will never have an income and/or capital gains and/or employee head tax; and, if the reports are true, something of a philandering husband. The really bad news is, Bezos has reportedly given less than one perc
  
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• Measure seeks to move much of state government from Juneau

  01-03-2019 21:39
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new effort is underway to move much of state government away from Juneau. A proposed ballot measure seeks to move Alaska legislative sessions to Anchorage without moving the capital. Ken Jacobus, an attorney assisting sponsors of the effort, says legislatures normally meet in a state’s capital city but shouldn’t have […]
  
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• Measure seeks to move legislative sessions from Juneau

  01-03-2019 21:39
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A proposed ballot measure seeks to move Alaska legislative sessions from the state capital of Juneau to the state’s biggest city, Anchorage. Supporters say they’re not trying to move the capital and see the proposal as a way to make the Legislature more accessible. Juneau isn’t on Alaska’s road system, requiring […]
  
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• Measure seeks to move bulk of state government from Juneau

  01-03-2019 21:39
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new effort is underway to move the bulk of state government away from Juneau. A proposed ballot measure seeks to move Alaska legislative sessions to Anchorage without moving the capital. Ken Jacobus, an attorney assisting sponsors of the effort, says legislatures normally meet in a state’s capital city but shouldn’t […]
  
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• Bill to create Committee on Federalism clears House

  01-03-2019 21:24
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to create a committee to monitor how federal laws and regulations impact Idaho’s sovereignty has passed the House and is headed to the Senate. The House voted 47-20 on Friday to approve the plan to create the Committee on Federalism put forward by Republican Rep. Jason Monks. Monks says the […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Discombobulating Latin-Funk Simulation "Baroo" by Impish Composer Carl Stone

  01-03-2019 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  One listen to the discombobulating "Baroo" by Carl Stone and you'll think you've guzzled an amphetamine-DMT cocktail.by Dave Segal"I have always been searching for a way to articulate the intangible area between the recognizable and the unfathomable." Edward Colver
  Carl Stone, "Baroo" (Unseen Worlds)
  The arrival of a Carl Stone album is always cause for excitement, and Baroo (out today on the excellent avant-garde-music incubator Unseen Worlds) is no exception. After two fantastic archival relea
  
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• Heidi Wills wants back on Seattle City Council, joins big crowd seeking district seats

  01-03-2019 21:17
  Wills was unseated 16 years ago after the so-called "Strippergate" controversy, which involved thousands of dollars in campaign contributions linked to a Lake City strip club owner who was seeking a zoning change. She is one of 46 people (so far) running for the seven open council seats.
  
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• After ‘Strippergate’ ethics scandal, Heidi Wills wants back on City Council

  01-03-2019 21:17
  Wills was unseated 16 years ago after the so-called "Strippergate" controversy, which involved thousands of dollars in campaign contributions linked to a Lake City strip club owner who was seeking a zoning change. She is one of 46 people (so far) running for the seven open council seats.
  
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• Oregon’s high court: Developers can’t offset harm to farmers

  01-03-2019 21:16
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that negative impacts on Oregon’s farmers from non-farm development can’t be offset by making payments, a newspaper reported. The court also ruled this week that it’s not enough for a development to avoid taking away agriculturally-zoned land — it also can’t change costs or agricultural […]
  
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• Rare sea creature washes ashore in Southern California

  01-03-2019 21:13
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A big sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere. The University of California, Santa Barbara, says the fish was spotted last week at Sands Beach in the university’s Coal Oil […]
  
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• Drug bust in eastern Oregon leaves 38 kids in foster care

  01-03-2019 20:59
  PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A large drug bust by the Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team put 65 adults in four eastern Oregon counties behind bars, but also sent 38 children into the foster care system overnight. The East Oregonian reported Friday that the sudden influx of children needing foster care in January sent caseworkers scrambling […]
  
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• Everett teen gets 22 years for school shooting plot

  01-03-2019 20:15
  EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An Everett teenager has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for plotting a massacre at his high school. The Daily Herald reports that Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Bruce Weiss had been weighing the sentence for 19-year-old Joshua O’Connor for two weeks before issuing it Thursday. O’Connor had […]
  
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• Greta Is Campy Fun... and a Harmful Narrative

  01-03-2019 19:58 via thestranger.com
  by Ciara Dolan
  In Neil Jordan's Greta, Chloë Grace Moretz plays Frances, a recent transplant to New York City who is grieving the death of her mother and perhaps unconsciously seeking an emotional bond with a surrogate maternal figure.
  Enter Isabelle Huppert, Queen of France, who plays the titular Greta—a lonely widow with shiny black fingernails filed into points, a habit of leaving stylish leather purses on the subway, and a daughter-shaped hole in her heart.There are a few aspects
  
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• Former student’s dollar lawsuit against ISU goes to trial

  01-03-2019 19:33
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys are expected to make their closing arguments next week in a lawsuit brought by a former doctoral student against Idaho State University. The Idaho State Journal reports Jun Yu filed the federal lawsuit in September 2015 alleging the school discriminated against him, committed ethics violation and breached a contract when […]
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 99 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: March 1-3, 2019

  01-03-2019 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffMake it a pig-themed weekend with Pig Day Out on Friday (which celebrates the rare nexus of the Year of the Pig and National Pig Day) and a Lunar New Year Celebration (complete with a pig parade!) in Chinatown on Saturday. Shutterstock
  Panicking because you don’t know what to do this weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from Axe Throwing at Ounce
  
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• Idaho official poses with anti-government group in Capitol

  01-03-2019 19:14
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Facebook post by Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin showing her posing with two men in prison garb is causing concern among lawmakers in the Senate, but it’s not clear if any kind disciplinary action might occur. McGeachin on Friday refused to respond to reporters about the now-deleted post on Thursday […]
  
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• Budget-writers OK full-time interpreter for agency head

  01-03-2019 18:38
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For the past 11 years the deaf executive director of the Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has had to find a sign-language interpreter for meetings with lawmakers. The process can take days, sometimes forcing Steven Snow to miss important meetings on urgent issues. The Idaho Press reports […]
  
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• More Than 9,000 Cannabis Convictions in San Francisco Go Up in Smoke

  01-03-2019 18:37 via thestranger.com
  by Josh Jardine ESKYMAKS / GETTY IMAGESDespite its history of flower children and Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco has always had a rather vigorous and overly enthusiastic law enforcement system which perhaps didn't, um, work well with communities of color.
  Some unfun facts: In 2010–2011, black people made up 6 percent of the population of San Francisco; during that same time, they made up 50 percent of cannabis-related arrests. In October 2018, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against San Francisco
  
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• Bill allowing alcohol sales in old theaters goes to Senate

  01-03-2019 18:31
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to allow Idaho theaters on the National Register of Historic Places to obtain licenses to sell beer and wine is going to the Senate. The Senate State Affairs Committee on Friday voted 6-2 to approve the legislation that applies to theaters built before 1950. Besides providing entertainment, the theaters also […]
  
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• Bill allowing alcohol sales in old Idaho theaters advances

  01-03-2019 18:31
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to allow Idaho theaters on the National Register of Historic Places to obtain licenses to sell beer and wine is going to the state Senate. The Senate State Affairs Committee on Friday voted 6-2 to approve the legislation that applies to theaters built before 1950. Besides providing entertainment, the theaters […]
  
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• Why did the Destination crabber sink? Coast Guard report coming Sunday

  01-03-2019 18:10
  The report, to include recommendations on how to improve safety, marks the latest in a long line of Coast Guard inquiries into disasters at sea in the U.S. fishing industry. Have they made a difference?
  
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• What caused the Destination crabber to sink? Coast Guard to release findings on Sunday

  01-03-2019 18:10
  The report, to include recommendations on how to improve safety, marks the latest in a long line of Coast Guard inquiries into disasters at sea in the U.S. fishing industry. Have they made a difference?
  
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• Why I Oppose Mayor Durkan’s Choice For Human Services Director

  01-03-2019 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  A guest editorial from Councilmember Kshama Sawant.by Kshama SawantSeattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant Kelly O
  Our city faces an unprecedented housing affordability and homelessness crisis. Nurses, teachers, machinists, hotel and restaurant workers, public sector workers—and even the construction workers who are building the new gleaming skyscrapers—can no longer afford to live in Seattle. A recent University of Washington study found that a household needs around $90,000/year to aff
  
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• Searchers seek 2 overdue on trip from Teller to Nome

  01-03-2019 17:40
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two men traveling from Teller to Nome by snowmobile are overdue and the subject of a search. Alaska State Troopers say 38-year-old David Miller and 37-year-old Rex Iyatunguk of Teller left at noon Monday on one snowmobile for the 72-mile (116-kilometer) trip to Nome. They were reported overdue at midnight. Poor […]
  
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• Study proposes gates to close inlets, curb back bay flooding

  01-03-2019 17:37
  MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) — Storm surge barriers to temporarily close off inlets and portions of bays during severe storms are among measures envisioned in a new study to protect New Jersey coastal areas from back bay flooding. Such flooding caused major damage during Superstorm Sandy in 2012, even though more attention was paid to damage […]
  
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• Slog AM: Inslee Finally Announces He's Running for President, Cuomo Tries to Win Back Bezos, the Snowiest Month in 50 Years

  01-03-2019 17:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyBaby come back, cries a desperate Andrew Cuomo DREW ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES
  Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president: It’s official everybody. First he was exploring the idea, then we didn’t hear much about it, then, after some light teasing, he releases this video. His single defining issue is addressing climate change and that can only be a good thing for the Democratic primary. Will he win? I mean you’re guess is as good as mine, but it’ll be tough for
  
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• Scammers steal $20K from Alaska city through fake invoice

  01-03-2019 16:24
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — A city in southeast Alaska lost nearly $20,000 after scammers sent an invoice through a spoofed email account. The Ketchikan Daily News reports the infrastructure firm Moffat & Nichol emailed a real invoice to the Ketchikan Port and Harbors Department in mid-November, but later the same day the city received a […]
  
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• Cat that lived 6 years in Alaska general store gets evicted

  01-03-2019 15:37
  HOMER, Alaska (AP) — A cat named Stormy that has spent more than six years as a fixture in a remote Alaska general store is being forced out after officials notified the store owners that the cat’s presence violates food safety standards. The Fritz Creek General Store near the small city of Homer has been […]
  
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• Cat that has lived in Alaska general store is being evicted

  01-03-2019 15:37
  HOMER, Alaska (AP) — A cat named Stormy that has spent more than six years as a fixture in a remote Alaska general store is being forced out after officials notified the store owners that the cat’s presence violates food safety standards. The Homer News reported Thursday that the Fritz Creek General Store near the […]
  
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