King County Supporters protest Seattle teacher’s transfer More than 100 supporters of a teacher at Seattle’s Center School packed Wednesday night’s School Board meeting to protest disciplinary action that will move him to another school next year. Decked out in green clothes and armbands, they insisted Seattle Public Schools board members reinstate Jon Greenberg at the…
King County Fast-food walkouts: Local politicians support the gesture, but not the wage The only thing that spread faster than Thursday’s city-wide labor walkout at Seattle fast-food joints were the local politicians scrambling to support it. As hundreds of activists marched from fast-food chain to fast-food chain to demand $15 an hour and the right…
The State Water dispute clouds future for Whatcom County farms, factories Everyone involved in Whatcom County’s water rights disputes seems to agree that a local settlement would be a good idea, but representatives of Lummi Nation have made it clear they will not sacrifice Nooksack River salmon to benefit farms, industries or cities. Both the…
The State Will Hanford ever be cleaned up? For 42 years, tank AY-102 has stored some of the deadliest material at one of the most environmentally contaminated places in the country: the Hanford nuclear reservation. This complex along the Columbia River holds a storied place in American history. It was here that workers produced the…
(Daily Clips will not publish Wednesday, May 29, so that the editor can attend the May meeting of the King County Democratic Central Committee. See you there.) The State Bridge collapse a major break in trade corridor For farmers, business owners, and government officials up and down the West Coast, Washington’s bridge collapse on Interstate 5 represents…
(Daily Clips will not publish Monday, May 27, because even your Daily Clips editor needs a holiday once in a while.) The State Span wasn’t built to take critical hit The Skagit River Bridge wasn’t particularly worrisome to state engineers. Structural inspections showed its condition to be average. But bridges of its generation, circa 1955,…
King County Seattle City Council panel OKs zoning for big pot-growing operations Indoor pot-growing operations as large as a football field would be allowed in some Seattle industrial areas under new zoning approved Wednesday by a City Council committee. The proposed rules would prohibit large indoor farms in the industrial sanctuaries closest to the Port…
The State Inslee vetoes part of CRC funding Gov. Jay Inslee signed the $8.7 billion transportation budget (SB 5024) Monday that puts money toward maintaining state roadways and continues spending on existing big-ticket projects, but he vetoed several sections, including one that would have spent $81 million in planning money for a replacement bridge carrying Interstate 5…
King County Diversity means opportunity in Tukwila The lunch room at Tukwila Elementary School fills and, suddenly, it feels like the United Nations. White, black and every shade in between is elbow-to-elbow, eating lunch— Somali, Kenyan, Eritrean, Bosnian, Turkish, Korean, Vietnamese, Mexican, Russian, Burmese, Nepali. You need a world map to keep track. The cultural…
King County After NBA rejection, what’s next for Hansen’s Sodo properties? Now what do I do with all this property that I paid too much for? That’s a question that Chris Hansen may be asking in the aftermath of the National Basketball Association’s Wednesday decision to keep the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento. In one afternoon, Hansen went from would-be NBA team owner and…