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Conlin proposes solution to Northgate parking garage dispute

Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin has offered a solution to the dispute over a planned parking garage outside a future Northgate light rail station. Conlin says he plans to introduce his...

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Romney’s horse goes for Olympic gold

Mitt Romney ran the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Now, it looks like his wife’s horse will compete in the 2012 summer games. Ann Romney’s horse, Rafalca, appears to have qualified for U.S....

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Sound Transit approves $5 million for Northgate pedestrian bridge

Sound Transit’s governing board voted Thursday to spend up to $10 million on improving access for bicyclists and pedestrians to a future light rail station outside Northgate Mall. The plan would...

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City Council sends $290 million seawall measure to ballot

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to send voters a $290 million bond measure to replace the aging central waterfront seawall. Voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to approve the 30-year...

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New waterfront will cost $1 billion: How will city afford it?

A new central waterfront with parks, plazas and a tree-lined Alaskan Way boulevard is estimated to cost more than $1 billion, and at that price, Seattle voters will be asked more than once to help pay...

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City Council votes to restrict free parking on Sundays

Drivers won’t have the whole day to park for free anymore on Sundays along the downtown waterfront. Sundays are usually when parking is free citywide, but the Seattle City Council voted unanimously...

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Cheryl Chow comes out while dying of brain cancer

Former Seattle City Councilwoman Cheryl Chow revealed this week that she has brain cancer and that she’s a lesbian. In an interview with KING/5, she said she hid her sexual orientation because she...

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Top secret: Obama’s home brew recipe

While President Obama is taking heat for classified information that leaked about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, there’s one secret the White House is closely guarding. That’s the recipe for the...

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Tampa strippers encourage GOP’ers to ‘party like a liberal’

Whether or not voters think Mitt Romney can save the nation’s sluggish economy, strippers in Tampa hope the Republican National Convention will help put a few extra bucks in their G-strings. Tampa is,...

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‘Ale to the chief:’ White House releases home brew recipes

Now you can drink like the president. After being petitioned by enthusiastic home brewers, the White House finally revealed the ingredients to the president’s home brew this week. Actually, there were...

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Complaint: Sheriff broke election law with uniform

Interim King County Sheriff Steve Strachan has been accused in an ethics complaint of campaigning in his police uniform. State law and county ethics rules bar officials from using public resources for...

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Sheriff’s appearance in uniform broke county ethics code

It was a “minor” violation, but King County Sheriff Steve Strachan still ran afoul of the county’s ethics code by appearing in uniform at a GOP  picnic, the county Ombudsman’s Office has ruled....

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Supreme Court says pollution tax on gasoline is constitutional

The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a tax on gasoline to pay for toxic cleanup is constitutional. The decision came in a case testing the state’s 18th Amendment, which restricts gas...

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Dunn: Let’s rethink ending Metro’s Ride Free Area

King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn says he wants to take another look at eliminating the downtown Ride Free Area for Metro buses, and may even be open to bringing it back. “I’m leaning in the...

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Sheriff candidates talk pot, abortion and same-sex marriage

This isn’t your typical sheriff’s race. Well, it might be typical for liberal Seattle. The two candidates for King County Sheriff both support an initiative that would legalize marijuana. And both...

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