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Seattle PI Digs Up Letter From Inslee to Holder On Plans For Legal Weed In Washington

UPDATE: The Seattle Times' Jim Brunner points out on Twitter that Bob Young wrote a story detailing the contents of Inslee's letter back in February. So, you know, maybe that whole "exclusive" th...

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SPD's Captain's Log: Seattle Enters The Final Frontier of Police Blogging

There are certain tools of the trade that people associate with police work. Things like handcuffs, billy clubs and donuts. (Zing! Try the veal, folks!)

Rarely, however, is a blog included in t...

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PCC Bans Genetically Engineered Salmon, But Leaves Door Open to Other GMOs

As the debate over genetically modified foods heats up in anticipation of a labeling initiative on the November ballot, PCC has made one definitive stand. Along with several national food outlets...

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Comment of the Day: Alki Avenue Is Like Driving in a Third-World Country

Yesterday on The Daily Weekly Ellis E. Conklin wrote about the condition of Washington's roads - which according to a 2013 report of the American Society of Civil Engineers, are largely in shitty ...

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Obie Update: Dachshund Has Shed 42 Pounds, Preparing For Swimsuit Season

We chronicled the story of Obie the Obese Dachshund here on The Daily Weekly since news of his enormousness first broke. And there's no doubt the story has struck a cord with readers, dog-lovers ...

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UW Prof Goes on Hardball to Discuss Racism, Homophobia and Xenophobia In The Tea Party

Is the Tea Party racist? That was one of the topics of discussion yesterday on Hardball with Chris Matthews. Giving the segment a local tie-in, University of Washington Political Science Professo...

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Take a Bow Washington: Two-Thirds of Our Roads Pretty Much Suck

Keep a lid on that coffee when driving, Washingtonians, because those roads you're navigating have more pockmarks than a sixth-grader with a bad case of chickenpox.

Some 67 percent of the roads i...

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Olympia Gunmaker to New York: Drop Dead! Boycott is Response to New Assault Rifle Ban

The uproar was predictable when New York legislators in January passed strict new guns laws in the wake of last December's Newtown, Conn. school shootings. Gun owners genuflected to the 2nd Amendm...

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Racism Allegations and Sovereign Immunity Surface in Suit Against the Nooksack Tribe

In last week's cover story, we looked at allegations of racism in the tiny Sauk-Suiattle tribe, and the difficulty of seeking redress due to a legal principle known as sovereign immunity. A lawsui...

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State Budget Writers Get a Bit of Good News, But Nothing To Write Home About

Did you hear the stock market report today? Elevators are up, subways are down, but envelopes remain stationery.

Which brings us to the state budget, as you knew it would.

Washington's trusty b...

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