The way the state pays for long-term care and a host of other services no longer works. Year after year, the state has made wholesale cuts in budgets because leaders have created a tax structure that ...

State Democrats, in going after the state Auditor's budget, were really trying to stick it to Tim Eyman, the initiative king. The over-reach backfired. It's hard to avoid the obvious: the real target ...

Senate Democrats and supporters made a symbolic push Thursday to get a state voting rights act to the Washington Senate floor. The legislation appears doomed for 2015. Technically, though, two similar ...

Jim Hanford is an architect who lives in the University District. His work focuses on sustainability and the energy performance of buildings. He was part of the design team for Seattle’s Bullitt ...

The push for more oil trains sparks debate - and fears - about the safest way to move crude. The Pacific Northwest Energy Boom rolled into Vancouver, Wash., in a big way Tuesday, sparking more debate ...

America's last press council operates in Seattle. But even the Washington News Council is gasping for money. You can forgive John Hamer for feeling as if he’s the last of his kind. In a real sense, he ...

Democrats have largely been bystanders, or even part of the problem. Liberals' shift to "post-material" and lifestyle issues has marooned the working and middle classes. A new book, Winner-Take-All ...

After months of negotiations, there's still no real route to a deal in Olympia. As legislators prepare for a new session that starts next week, it is increasingly questionable whether the Legislature ...

Cliff Mass burrows even further into the hearts and minds of weather-addled Washingtonians; Gregoire picks Boeing and Alaska Airlines execs to turn around the UW; The real reason Washington's GOP has ...

Beyond the raw horror of Rep. Giffords' attempted assassination, it will shape thinking for years to come. The raw horror of Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has already become shorthand ...

Two Seattle execs and one software platform aim to help women grow their businesses. Throughout her long and impressive business career, Gail Romero has always believed in empowering women. The ...

Pessimism about today's economy proved no barrier to King County voters from saying 'yes' to the 2011 Veterans and Human Services Levy on Tuesday. The measure received a larger percentage than in a ...