Microsoft fetes 50 years by laying off thousands; state, transit orgs. sue against federal spending cuts; Boeing settles with whistleblower’s survivors; ‘mental health crisis center’ plan faces neighborhood opposition.

Tessa Hulls’ graphic novel ‘Feeding Ghosts’ wins Pulitzer; state sues feds over massive HHS cuts; Rite Aid/Bartell returns to bankruptcy; pro-Palestinian UW students take over engineering building.

Cartoonist Mark Zingarelli RIP; Bartell’s owner bankrupt (again); more Boeing Field deportation flights; marking 10 years of Seattle’s ‘living’ minimum wage.

More than just manga at MoPOP’s ‘Asian Comics’ exhibit; WA sues against fed education cuts; still no Starbucks union contract after a year; Harrell orders Steinbrueck Park reopened as of today.

E-comic book on how stock buybacks screw workers; locals voice support for Ukraine; Microsoft kills Skype chat app; eight hospitalized after apparent street-racing crash.

Charles Burns’ career-encompassing graphic novel; more storm fixup/cleanup as a new storm looms; City Council OKs JumpStart-diverting budget; Dave Ross leaving KIRO radio after 46 years.

New book collects comics of Japanese American life in Seattle; striking machinists hold big rally; famed local artist Gloria Bornstein dies; is Seattle politics really both too antagonistic AND close-knit?

Web comic ‘The Oatmeal’ turns 15 and has a Netflix show; cop who joked about Jaahnavi Kandula’s death is fired; Boeing machinists authorize a (potential) strike vote; Seattle’s become ‘too expensive for artists.’

We’re still a scary place in video games; ex-SPD chief Diaz accused of ‘dictatorship;’ WA’s first strip club with booze in decades is now open; 50 years of (and three different sets of) Seattle Sounders.

50th Pride Month art show; interim SPD chief’s past words about ‘police culture;’ Trading Musician store closes while a rare-book store almost opens; oh, and there was some courtroom news item from NYC.

Seattle’s first ‘protected intersection’ installed; both ‘other’ Bob Fergusons quit governor’s race; Melinda French Gates quits the foundation she co-founded; former local comics publisher dies.

Tessa Hulls graphic novel ‘Feeding Ghosts’ praised as an all-time great; SDOT paints over words on pro-ceasefire street mural; Boeing ‘bleeding cash;’ WA GOP convention delegates ‘not into democracy.’

3D tour of late, beloved Re-bar; students, others march for Gaza peace; ex-cop/suspected killer apparently kills self while on the run; Boeing engineers claim ‘retaliation’ by company.

Kids’ TV host ‘Brakeman Bill’ dies; advocates decry city transportation plan and SPD contract proposal; Senate wants Boeing CEO to testify; ‘at least six’ suicide attempts reported at Tacoma ICE jail.

AI-illustrated kids’ book from a Microsoft exec and son; no surprises in WA Presidential primaries; still more bad news for Boeing; Gonzaga loses WCC title game (a rarity).