The State Carrell’s death leaves Senate in a tie and could turn chamber upside down all over again Suddenly the opposing forces are in a tie. The Republican-leaning Majority Coalition Caucus, which had a bare one-vote advantage, now has 24 votes. The Senate Democratic Caucus also has 24 votes. And if at any point a…
King County A dog’s breakfast of endorsements in Seattle mayor’s race With multiple ballots, Rube Goldberg rules, runoffs, and super-majority requirements, Seattle Democrats’ endorsement meetings seem choreographed by a secret committee made up of five bores and a sadist. Endorsements in the contest for Seattle mayor, by Democrats and a variety of liberal, labor, and…
(Daily Clips will not publish Wednesday, May 29, so that the editor can attend the May meeting of the King County Democratic Central Committee. See you there.) The State Bridge collapse a major break in trade corridor For farmers, business owners, and government officials up and down the West Coast, Washington’s bridge collapse on Interstate 5 represents…
(Daily Clips will not publish Monday, May 27, because even your Daily Clips editor needs a holiday once in a while.) The State Span wasn’t built to take critical hit The Skagit River Bridge wasn’t particularly worrisome to state engineers. Structural inspections showed its condition to be average. But bridges of its generation, circa 1955,…
King County Seattle City Council panel OKs zoning for big pot-growing operations Indoor pot-growing operations as large as a football field would be allowed in some Seattle industrial areas under new zoning approved Wednesday by a City Council committee. The proposed rules would prohibit large indoor farms in the industrial sanctuaries closest to the Port…
King County Gregoire, once insulted by McGinn, endorses Murray She has lived most of her adult life in Olympia, but ex-Gov. Chris Gregoire is spending her political capital 65 miles up Interstate 5 from the State Capitol: Gregoire is endorsing state Sen. Ed Murray (D-43) for mayor of Seattle. “Throughout his career, Ed Murray has taken…
The State Inslee vetoes part of CRC funding Gov. Jay Inslee signed the $8.7 billion transportation budget (SB 5024) Monday that puts money toward maintaining state roadways and continues spending on existing big-ticket projects, but he vetoed several sections, including one that would have spent $81 million in planning money for a replacement bridge carrying Interstate 5…
King County Diversity means opportunity in Tukwila The lunch room at Tukwila Elementary School fills and, suddenly, it feels like the United Nations. White, black and every shade in between is elbow-to-elbow, eating lunch— Somali, Kenyan, Eritrean, Bosnian, Turkish, Korean, Vietnamese, Mexican, Russian, Burmese, Nepali. You need a world map to keep track. The cultural…
King County After NBA rejection, what’s next for Hansen’s Sodo properties? Now what do I do with all this property that I paid too much for? That’s a question that Chris Hansen may be asking in the aftermath of the National Basketball Association’s Wednesday decision to keep the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento. In one afternoon, Hansen went from would-be NBA team owner and…
King County Labor-backed initiative in City of SeaTac would set highest minimum wage in country at $15 an hour A local ballot initiative in the city of SeaTac would give airport workers and those in nearby hotels and car-rental companies the highest minimum wage in the country by nearly $5 an hour, the latest move…