Name troubles befall ‘our’ Meghan Trainor; Inslee continues his national media blitz; how Bezos lost control of his public image; Durkan wins another round vs. Sawant.

Gov. Inslee’s White House run starts; a big Durkan/Sawant spat; Sound Transit funding’s still not safe; rents here aren’t rising AS fast as before.

Regressive taxation and other longtime WA traditions; waiting for Inslee’s announcement; high-rise condos under construction in the Intl. District; March comes in like a…?

Newly-found film of the ‘Galloping Gertie’ bridge collapse; Inslee could announce for Prez Friday; GOP lawmakers hate sex-ed and Seattle; what’ll Amazon pull out of next?

Remembering ‘Seattle Weekly’ as it leaves the stands; the city’s rezoning scheme inches closer; GOP Legislators want Fremont’s Lenin statue gone; UW men’s b-ball makes the national Top 25.

Microsoft workers don’t want the army to get MS’s HoloLens headsets; legislators try to cripple Sound Transit (again); Dow Constantine might run for Gov.; more thanx for your very kind support.

Remembering a Monkee; the cost of getting toxic wood out of the sound; rent control progresses in OR; an update on our big-little fund drive.

An early tragedy still haunts Mariner Dee Gordon; thousands of UW medical records leaked online; Amazon muscles in on online ads; a drive to make this newsletter grow n’ thrive.

Durkan sez now’s the time to build the city we want; Alaska Air’s inherited lawsuit; one fewer City Council candidate; Oregon could let 16-year-olds vote.

The snow took its toll on a local-music legend; WA’s not suing over the ‘national emergency’ (yet); can scientists predict a ‘Big One’ earthquake?

It’s 100 years since Seattle’s General Strike; the dreaded Viadoom’s still not here; a big settlement follows an SFD ambulance crash; is the shutdown making airports less safe?

Franklin High woodshop students remember a classmate; there’s no Upstream Music Fest in ’19; the state won’t ban ‘booth rentals’ at hair salons after all; the librarians are here!

The Seattle Womxn’s March gets smaller but stays adamant; a Paul Allen company downsizes; a talk-radio host boasts about lawbreaking; still more shutdown fallout as the latest proposed “deal” gets dissed.

A sea cruise with a pompous talk-radio host; more on MS’s big affordable-housing plan; 1st Avenue streetcar lives!; Sounders team up with a local e-commerce firm (no, not THAT one).

Amazon coders are working on a project that could make some coding jobs obsolete; UFOs still light up Wash. skies; Inslee wants ‘clean electricity’ to power the state; Carol Channing RIP.