Army vet Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry’s long drive for citizenship; Wilson makes several anti-ICE measures; outgoing SPOG boss Mike Solan makes one more crude insult; jury finds Seattle negligent in 2020 CHOP killing, awarding $30 million.

Dance producer premieres new collaboration project; Amazon laying off another 16,000 globally; Microsoft announces big profits, big AI costs; Macklemore endorses ‘National Shutdown” campaign.

Replacing stolen Peace Park statue; Ferguson, Brown planning for ‘worst-case’ ICE scenario as protests continue; ex-Starbucks VP claims retaliation in lawsuit; a Dem claiming Dems are ‘too liberal’ at the exact wrong time.

Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault.

Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’

‘The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show’ returns; massive windstorm threat also returns; Ferguson proposes drastic budget cuts but supports income tax on millionaires; most striking Starbucks workers returning to work.

Candy Cane Lane endures; flood cleanup continues; climate change’s big role in the floods; city council approves ‘stacked flat’ apartments on residential lots.

A coffee house training at-risk youth; Costco sues over federal tariffs; state big-biz payroll tax plan coming to next Legislature; BC Bitcoin ‘mines’ turning into AI data centers.

Bookseller Peter Miller on Pioneer Square’s future; Little Red Hen suing to stop eviction; state lawmakers prepare for big budget cuts; are Gas Works’ legacy structures a ‘public nuisance’?

Remembering Indigenous icon ‘Princess Angeline;’ local boutique’s windows of warning; City Council’s $9 billion budget includes most of Harrell’s wishes; foes of Microsoft’s Israel deals don’t want an MS exec advising Zahilay.

Original Pike Pub location closing; Amazon exec says company’s home base will stay here; no, Mt. Rainier isn’t on the verge of erupting; no, Katie Wilson isn’t vocally ‘anti-Israel.’

Priscilla Dobler Dzul’s art links Maya, Northwest lore; drought devastates Yakima Valley farms; Wilson stands with striking Starbucks workers; Nisqually tribe won’t house an ICE jail on its land.

Harrell’s farewell, Wilson’s victory speech; damning evidence about SPD’s Cal Anderson response in May; juvenile-detention doctor accused of multiple sexual abuses; Starbucks strike is on.

Doc ‘WTO/99’ depicts an older (lost?) Seattle; SNAP benefits still ‘in limbo;’ Harrell’s lead slightly widens in Wednesday ballot drop; Barnes & Noble returning to downtown next year.

Illustrated book on Central District memories; SNAP recipients to get only partial benefits, late; new orca calf presumed dead; Election Day and ‘a tale of two Seattles.’