Seattle lowered its standards all the way under a bridge | Danny Westneat
Gov. Jay Inslee went to an encampment under the First Avenue South bridge to say we “do not accept this level of squalor.” But the...
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Danny Westneat
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
What’s the matter with Wahkiakum? | Danny Westneat
A tiny school district makes some big points about how the state should fund its buildings. But voters there haven't supported funding anything for anybody...
‘I came in here kicking and screaming’: WA debates a ‘stick’ for the drug crisis | Danny Westneat
One morning in drug court shows the triumph, but also the difficulties, of using the justice system to try to tackle the drug crisis.
Seattle police have all but stopped writing traffic tickets | Danny Westneat
Remember when Seattle was considered a nanny state, ready to ticket you for any minor traffic or pedestrian violation? Now it's veered in the opposite...
WA assault weapons bill goes after the biggest guns — in more ways than one | Danny Westneat
A debate about guns in Olympia veered into a confused, though revealing, discussion about "hypermasculinity," columnist Danny Westneat writes.
Seattle gets its green bubble popped, again | Danny Westneat
A small Indian tribe in Darrington is laying bare the Emerald City's habit of not always living up to its green values.
WA’s pay-per-mile tax is not the culture war we need right now | Danny Westneat
The state is under pressure to find a new way to pay for roads, as electric car drivers won’t be paying the 49-cent-a-gallon gas tax....
What’s the ‘state of the city’ of Seattle? It’s on the edge of its seat | Danny Westneat
With Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's first "State of the City" speech looming, readers ponder the iffy, anxious spot our once and maybe future boomtown finds...
In Seattle, the cops keep leaving, while the backup never comes | Danny Westneat
The fact is that 300-plus officers who used to respond to 911 calls are gone — and haven’t been replaced with anything but small pilot...