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Adam Smith, renegade? The promise and peril of crossing your party | Danny Westneat
The 27-year vet of Congress has become an unlikely spokesman for a rebel move. Will it work, or will he get his head chopped off...
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
The 27-year vet of Congress has become an unlikely spokesman for a rebel move. Will it work, or will he get his head chopped off...
Data shows that overdose calls and fentanyl deaths are finally declining in Seattle, after hitting one terrible high after another.
Growing old is tailor-made for denial. Who doesn't want to believe you've still got it? But some past politicians have faced up to the existential...
A huge gap between men and women on abortion has emerged. It's because women are treated like second-class citizens — as months of airlifts out...
A Democratic congressional incumbent in Southwest Washington promises to "do whatever it takes" to secure the southern border. Hey, isn't that Trump's platform?
The rising polarization in politics has candidates playing to their own groups — too often with a side of contempt for the other. What happened...
When Seattle's Hamilton Middle School announced a lockdown on smartphones, it sounded surprisingly like a Brazilian tribe also struggling with digital overload.
"My stomach is wrenching," says the school's former cop after a deadly shooting there last week. Seattle schools canceled officers in 2020 during the backlash...
On a recent day, the new max toll for the "Lexus lanes" on two highways was reached before 3 p.m. On one road, drivers were...