Comics creator Peter Bagge talks about his long career; Macklemore announces ‘Free Palestine’ tour; two separate pedestrian deaths on Sounder tracks; Microsoft wants to put commercials into video games.

Local animation creators’ big dreams; ‘praise and skepticism’ for Wilson’s budget plan; school bus drivers authorize a potential strike; Seahawks cofounder and arts patron dies at 92.

Ex-local ‘Victorian Lowbrow’ artist ‘Madame Talbot’ RIP; biz leaders want new city public-safety plan; local group wants to reopen Egyptian Theater; one WA town that’s profited from data centers.

‘AI film festival’ coming back to town; ICE still trying to prevent state jail inspections; Storm finally win a game after 11 straight losses; where will Spokane wildfire victims live?

Roberta Gregory’s ‘Bitchy!’ comix collection; Council nixes free school lunches for all; ICE still accessing WA driver’s-license data; two ex-Dem governors bashing ‘tax and spend’ as if they were Republicans.

Burlesque acrobatics by Tanya Gagné & co.; fired US attorney Roger Rogoff suing feds; injunction in WA’s suit against ‘prediction market’ Kalshi; Jimothy-mania goes national.

Indie film about a Seattle teen in the ‘grunge’ days; ICE arrests escalate locally; legal cannabis sales on the decline; central WA wildfire causes evacuation order, but also closes main highway out of town.

Kids’ book on an obscure farmer with a famous namesake; today’s ‘Pride Match’ at World Cup going ahead despite teams’ objections; layoffs at game maker Bungie; King County’s almost ‘majority minority.’

Fantagraphics Books @ 50; World Cup’s first Seattle game here at last; county approves road-maintenance tax (ignoring Seattle officials’ complaints); AI exec thinks anti-AI complaints will just ‘taper’ away.

Amazon union leader’s big wishes for labor; Mayor Wilson gets ‘bad-faith questions’ at public event; developer plans private club with luxury car/boat storage at Salmon Bay; Pagliacci ‘World Cup pizza’ has pineapple and hot honey.

Photog captures new life in long-logged forests; Homelessness Authority can’t find $13 million; Starbucks staffers worry over company’s future in Seattle; parents rally to prevent school closures.

Seattleite’s book on an obscure aspect of WWII; Seattle corporate lawyer is new state Supreme Court appointee; ex-city attorney Davison left over 5,000 unresolved cases; still more Starbucks store closures (most of them unionized).

Longtime, still-living leaders for local Native rights; Ferguson says he’ll sign ‘millionaires tax;’ 5th Ave. Theatre, Pacific Science Center lay off workers; Starbucks closing another unionized store.

New blog on Seattle ‘post-grunge’ music; WA might use pension surplus to help fill budget deficit; Amazon dumps more Seattle office space; Bill Gates apologizes for Epstein meetings, insists he wasn’t a trafficking client.

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.