Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
King County's emergency decision to close off its Third Avenue doors because the street outside is too dangerous is being panned on the street outside....
The trade war is costing Washington state $2.4 billion a year, and the farm bailout has cost taxpayers twice Obama's auto industry bailout from back...
Having Trump on next year's ballot is likely to be rough enough for local GOP prospects. Add Eyman and you get a total "circus" —...
The recent statewide vote to slash Seattle-area transit projects has the city's critics gloating. But some local lawmakers are wondering whether it's time to "claw...
The ballot title for the car-tab slashing measure made a claim that was either false or misleading. So what happens now?
The Seattle elections are now being characterized as a victory for socialism against the dark forces of Amazon. Not every candidate being roped into that...
After endless political bickering over mass transit — eight votes on light rail in the past 24 years, including the passing of tax-slashing Initiative 976...
It was supposed to be a big change election in Seattle. But Tuesday's election results show the voters either didn't want that or couldn't make...
This past week Elizabeth Warren proposed taxing Jeff Bezos to the tune of $7 billion, per year. Ho-hum, Bernie Sanders wants to get him for...
Some of our local Republican members of Congress seem to have trapped themselves with their past comments on impeachment. Will there be any escape?