Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
King County's ban on immigration flights means it's now effectively against even the deportation of convicted felons — a position so extreme it could backfire,...
“It’s like a bounced check that won’t stop bouncing,” Philip Corsano says. “They’re going to hunt me with this car after I’m dead and gone.”
We had an excellent story in this paper over the weekend about how big business is fed up with city politics and is ready to...
Watching your mother die is to be made aware of how clueless you are. About your own relationship to the woman who birthed you. But...
It’s pretty remarkable, or one would think it ought to be, that we currently have one elected official in this state who is a registered...
How about "Not For Sale" signs? One group called “Keep Your Habitat” is encouraging residents who don’t want to participate in the real estate tidal...
Last summer, after President Trump had been implicated in illegally trying to influence an election (by making hush-money payments to a porn star and then...
The state has poured billions of new spending into education, and yet schools are in such a funding crisis that they’ve been forced to go...
Cries to get tough on homeless encampments were rendered moot by a big federal court decision Monday. Everybody was either too busy howling or defending...