Local anti-tax groups find even they need big government aid sometimes | Danny Westneat
Can we end the charade that government is our biggest problem? Because even its most ardent critics are relying on it for oxygen this time...
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Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
Call it the ‘boss tax:’ Seattle finally finds a potent way to tax the rich | Danny Westneat
It's still going to be highly controversial to raise taxes during a pandemic. But after decades of hand wringing about our state’s retrograde tax system,...
With cops away, it’s like Capitol Hill is slipping back to the Pinkerton’s era | Danny Westneat
In and around the CHOP protest zone is starting to resemble law enforcement of a hundred years ago, with no cops but lots of private...
The irony of the no-cop CHOP: It showed how much we still need the police after all | Danny Westneat
The cry has been to "defund the police." But when the shooting starts, even the anti-police protest zone on Capitol Hill and the cops' harshest...
‘Getting sick has gotten political’: One Yakima woman’s struggle to say the coronavirus’ hurt is real | Danny Westneat
Yakima is one of the hottest zones in America’s patchwork coronavirus pandemic, yet talking about it can be strangely difficult in today's politically charged environment.
Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag | Danny Westneat WATCH
The COVID-19 patient, from West Seattle, has insurance and so isn't on the hook for the vast majority of the charge. But the gold-plated cost...
Why white people seem to be changing their minds, suddenly, on the justice system and race | Danny Westneat
The protests are an African American story. But behind it another sea change may be happening, which is that white people seem to be changing...
Some churches sued over the coronavirus shutdown. But some say more people are coming than ever | Danny Westneat
Even as some churches are suing over the coronavirus rules, saying "let our people go to church," some others are reporting that attendance during the...