Seattle loves coming in No. 1 on any list. The latest is one put together by cities researcher Bert Sperling who tracks “best places” around the country.

The new bill has the potential to harm the sort of earnest local advocates whom Sens. Cantwell and Murray would otherwise seek to protect.

If Donald Trump were not president, Jenny Durkan would not be mayor of Seattle.

Our Republic is suffering from the effects of political climate change. There are big challenges ahead.

Jeff Bezos started with less and has become, for better or worse, the mega-billionaire Trump wants us all to believe he is.

Inslee talks the talk on carbon emissions, but does he walk the walk?

'Dr. King was angry ... He was angry because he loved. And because he loved, he moved mountains.'

The state Legislature still has decisions to make about education.

Snohomish County is known for its history as "Bigfoot country" (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)

A man pours himself water at his tent in a unsanctioned homeless encampment in Seattle.

Students from Camas High School in Camas, Wash., observe an extended debate over education funding at the Capitol in Olympia. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Construction workers install a wooden deck on the roof at the new Hugo House building, housed in its old location in Capitol Hill.

Deer at Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park

Congressman Dave Reichert

The Eagle Creek fire has been burning in the Columbia River Gorge since Sept. 2 and threatened the Multnomah Falls Lodge Tuesday, Sept. 5. The growing blaze east of Portland, Oregon, was one of dozens...