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• City Council Passed the Detention Center Moratorium

  12-03-2026 23:58 via thestranger.com
  Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck introduced the bill last month, as a protective measure after the feds posted a “presolicitation” for a detention facility in the Seattle area. The first draft of the bill pressed pause on permits for any new jails or detention centers in Seattle, but last week, Rinck had to introduce a new version, removing the word jail, “in order to get it over the finish line,” she told The Stranger.by Hannah Murphy WinterAfter weeks of delay, City
  
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• Three-ish Months as the New King County Executive

  12-03-2026 23:32 via thestranger.com
  Three months into the job, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay has already made some significant moves.by Micah YipThe executive’s floor at the Chinook building downtown had mostly emptied for what was likely County Executive Girmay Zahilay’s last appointment of the day. 
  Standing by a window in his corner office, he pointed to the American Hotel Hostel, a small beige building not far from King Street Station. “I lived there as a kid when it was a homeless shelter,”
  
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• Ticket Alert: i-dle, The Head And The Heart, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  12-03-2026 21:00 via everout.com
  Plus, Bumbershoot and More Event Updates for March 12by EverOut StaffIt’s time to put your “fun” budget to work with the latest round of show announcements. K-pop idols i-dle pay us a visit along their massive world tour. Seattle hometown heroes The Head And The Heart celebrate their 15th anniversary at Remlinger Farms this summer. Plus, single-day tickets and weekend passes for Bumbershoot are on sale now! Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus som
  
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• The Paper at the End of the World

  12-03-2026 21:00 via thestranger.com
  Aimee Lee Brings Korean Hanji to BIMA’s Artist Books Collectionby Bess LovejoyWhen Aimee Lee’s face pops up on my Zoom screen for our interview, her head is framed by something I can’t quite comprehend. It appears to be a tapestry of bricks. The bricks—persimmon-colored, cream, gray-blue—look somehow soft and light, as if molded from putty still wet and waiting to be touched.
  It’s paper. When it comes to Lee’s work, it’s always paper. But this pape
  
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• If It Ain’t Baroque…

  12-03-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  This is Cohan’s world. He specializes in old flutes and antiquated music.by Nathalie GrahamJeff Cohan brings three flutes with him to the Victrola Coffee Roasters on Capitol Hill. All of them are wood and modeled off flutes from the 1550s to the 1700s. Two are placed lovingly in worn satchels. Cohan slides one—a Renaissance flute—out of a PVC pipe. Often the TSA inspects this PVC pipe because they suspect he is hiding contraband in there. He isn’t. It’s just the flu
  
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• Slog AM: Senate Gives Its Final OK to Millionaires’ Tax, High Winds in Washington, A Kristi Noem Ad Campaign Cost More Than ‘Marty Supreme’

  12-03-2026 17:45 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Micah YipMillionaires’ Tax $$$: After that 24-hour debate in the House this week, the Washington Senate gave the millionaires’ tax its final stamp of approval and sent it to Gov. Bob Ferguson for signature. He’s expected to sign. The 9.9 percent tax on income of more than $1 million per year would raise about $3-4 billion annually to fund schools and other state services. 
  Trading Health for Healthcare: A third of Americans are skippi
  
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• Drag Race Episode Ten: A Design Challenge Love-Fest

  12-03-2026 01:03 via thestranger.com
  My prayers were answered: we got another Mini-Challenge this week.by Mike KohfeldMy prayers were answered: we got another Mini-Challenge this week. In the spirit of Paris is Burning, RuPaul threw open the library doors and gave the queens a chance to read each other for filth. Drag Race always incorporates the reading Mini-Challenge somewhere halfway through a season—y’know, once the queens have spent enough time cooped up together that they have plenty of dirt to dish. Funnygir
  
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• Shouldering the Blame

  12-03-2026 00:17 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest?by AnonymousI understand the desire to be close with our friends, lovers, and families while enjoying a walk with them. What I don't understand is how it came to be that, while running on a popular path the other day, I made physical contact with someone because two separate groups of side-by-side walkers couldn't be parted from their companions for the actual second it would have taken for me to run past. 
  I was running behind one group, and the
  
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