POPULATION: 6,287,759 ----- AREA: 184,824 SQUARE KM ----- HIGHEST POINT: MT. RAINIER (4,392 M) ----- LARGEST CITY: SEATTLE ----- CAPITAL: OLYMPIA ----- ADMITTED: NOVEMBER 11TH, 1889

Recent stories from traditional media sources in Washington, including newspapers, radio, & TV

• Washington Initiative To Create Carbon Tax ...
  (Regional News) — Supporters of a citizens’ initiative to create a new tax on carbon emissions in Washington state have delivered most ...
• Another week, another Doctors Without Borde...
  (KUOW News and Information) — It has been a tragic month for the staff and patients at Médecins Sans Frontières, the international health organizat...
• Blaming the ‘mainstream media': The Republ...
  (Strange Bedfellows -- Po...) — The tweet from state Republican chairman Susan Hutchison arrived minutes after Thursday’s CNBC debate between R...
• Blaming the ‘mainstream media': The ...
  (seattlepi.com: Joel Conn...) — The tweet from state Republican chairman Susan Hutchison arrived minutes after Thursday’s CNBC debate between Republi...
• Republicans Bash Each Other, CNBC In Third ...
  (KUOW News and Information) — In last night’s Republican debate, Jeb Bush tried to revive his campaign by attacking Marco Rubio for missing S...
• It's Official: Paul Ryan Is Elected House S...
  (KUOW News and Information) — Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan was easily elected to serve as the 54 th House Speaker Thursday, ending a tumultuous few wee...
• Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan Elected Hous...
  (KUOW News and Information) — Paul Ryan has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives, receiving 236 votes. Ryan faced the full House vo...
• Pledging To 'Wipe The Slate Clean,' Wiscons...
  (KUOW News and Information) — This post was updated at 11:20 a.m. ET Paul Ryan has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives, receiving ...
• House Speaker John Boehner Says Goodbye
  (KUOW News and Information) — Speaker John Boehner gave farewell remarks on the House floor Thursday, picking up a box of tissues as he prepared to...
• Wash. lands chief wants more firefighters
  (Capital Press | Washington) — Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark wants more than $24 million next year to add firefighters, equipment and tra...
• Washington denied REAL ID extension
  (Capital Press | Washington) — The federal government has denied Washington state an extension from complying with tougher federal requirements that...
• News Minute: Here is the latest Washington ...
  (KHQ - Washington Headlines) — On the heels of the state's worst wildfire season, Washington's public lands chief is asking the Legislature ...
• Has Tim Eyman gone too far this time?
  (Crosscut » Politics) — If history is any indication, Tim Eyman’s latest attempt to tie the legislature’s hands when it comes to raising taxe...
• Goodspaceguy: The definitive interview with...
  (Crosscut » Politics) — It’s not often that the sex lives of astronauts are mentioned not once, but multiple times in an interview with a pol...
• House votes decisively to renew Export-Impo...
  (Strange Bedfellows -- Po...) — The U.S. House of Representatives brushed aside right-wing resistance on Tuesday and voted 313-118 to reauthorize the...
• House votes decisively to renew Export-Impo...
  (Strange Bedfellows -- Po...) — The U.S. House of Representatives brushed aside right-wing resistance on Tuesday and voted 313-118 to reauthorize the...

Politics as unusual
Created: May 10th, 2004 | Based in: Seattle

• GOP Debate Open Thread — Well…I got a late start at it, but here is your open thread for the GOP debate… I’ll add some snark and tweetery as the mood strik…
• Open Thread! — - Martian Law: Is Mark Watney Really a Space Pirate? – Baby orcas you guys. – if it’s shouting about yeast infections that makes ant…
• Drinking Liberally — Seattle — Please join us this evening for a pre-Republican-debate-discussion-group edition of Drinking Liberally. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meet…
• openthread10262015ad — - Seattle Bike Blog has endorsements. – That’s important to remember as you’re filling out your ballot; even if you can’t vote…

Promoting Citizen Awareness and Participation
Created: December 20th, 2005 | Based in: Seattle

• Initiative 735 to Amend the Constitution t... - Supporters of Washington State  Initiative 735 have now gathered over 179,000 signatures as of Oc...
• Should 12% of our State Legislator’s Have ... - On July 2, 2015 Libertarian anti-tax advocate Tim Eyman snuck quietly into the Washington Secreta...
• Volunteer Signature Gatherers are Collecti... - A grassroots volunteer signature gathering effort is underway in Washington State for Initiative ...
• Washington State Democrats Oppose Eyman’s ... - The Washington State Democrats at their April 18, 2015 quarterly meeting in Pasco, Washington pas...

News and views for a sustainable Northwest
Created: March 30th, 2004 | Based in: Seattle

• Sightline’s Getting a New Look - Readers! On Monday afternoon, Sightline Institute will launch a fresh new version of our website....
• Weekend Reading 10/9/15 - Kristin An uplifting 4 minutes: Love Song to the Earth The Clean Air Act lengthens lives . MAYDAY...
• Setting the Record Straight on Oil Trains - Editor’s note: The Seattle Times recently published a guest opinion regarding oil trains. It cont...
• Event: Voters Forum on Climate Change and ... - Interested in local candidates’ positions on clean energy? Want to know how your vote and voice c...

Your place for Whatcom commentary
Created: April 11th, 2007 | Based in: Bellingham

• Why did Hillary Clinton come out against a... - Yesterday, Hillary Clinton irritated progressives  again, this time with regard to capital punishment ...
• Daily Clips: October 29th, 2015 - The 3rd GOP Debate was an exercise in economic fantasy:  All the candidates last night peddled trickle...
• Nobody Mentioned the Minimum Wage in Tonig... - In terms of pure optics, Marco Rubio obviously won the GOP debate tonight, and Jeb Bush lost. That ear...
• Please Don’t Die of Alcohol Poisoning Duri... - Tonight’s GOP presidential debate will undoubtedly be interesting*. You can’t get Donald T...

Inside and outside transit throughout Puget Sound
Created: April 26th, 2007 | Based in: Seattle

• Say Goodbye (Sort of) to the Shoreline Rule - A few months back, I wrote, with much exasperation, about an irritating quirk of King County Metr...
• Correction: ORCA2 Timeline - In my post on ORCA2 a few weeks ago, I used target dates from documents included in Sound Transit...
• Six Days to Election Day - An election that will determine the future of Seattle governance and transportation priorities fo...
• Even with ULink, Pike-Pine Will Be Busier ... - As an addendum to Bruce’s post about the proposed Pine Street bus lane, I thought it would ...

Sound research, bold solutions
Created: December 17th, 2008 | Based in: Seattle

• Q&A; with Executive Director Misha Werschkul - The Budget & Policy Center welcomed economic justice advocate Misha Werschkul as its new lead...
• New Infographic: Why I-1366 Is Bad For Was... - Our new infographic on Initiative 1366 provides a snapshot of how Tim Eyman’s ballot initiative w...
• Scraping By Isn’t Enough: What the Poverty... - While it’s good news that the new Census reports show that the number of Washingtonians living in...
• Affordable Care Act Gives Significantly Mo... - Thanks to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 300,000 additional Washingtonians ...

Insight for a region where all people thrive
Created: July 14th, 2013 | Based in: Seattle

• Seattle’s paid sick and safe tim... - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Seattle Office of Labor Standards is highlighting the safe time...
• ‘Listening tour’ a tone-deaf exe... - Recently the State Senate Early Learning and Education Committee brought their listening tour about K-12 education to...
• Port of Seattle passes paid pare... - The Port of Seattle Commission has approved a motion to provide four weeks of paid parental leave for non-represented...
• Paid Family Leave Back on Drawin... - SEATTLE – The issue of paid family leave is coming into the forefront in Washington again. The state is among e...

A website where progressive voices can be heard
Created: January 7th, 2011 | Based in: Bellevue

• Stop voting against your own self-interest! -
• Bill Gates says government R&D; is far supe... - See We need an energy miracle.
• Republicans are worried that Trump may win... -
• ‘Listening tour’ a tone-deaf exercise - Recently the State Senate Early Learning and Education Committee brought their listening tour abo...