Saving one of the region’s last big theater organs; survey says more folks are ‘optimistic’ about Seattle; lawsuit challenges Amazon’s hiring practices; Boeing’s bond rating perhaps headed for ‘junk’ level.

SAM’s lobby ‘tree’ installation going away; Auburn tightens anti-homeless law; Boeing, machinists to resume contract talks; conflicting protests mark one year of the Gaza siege.

Celebrating 100 years since the first around-the-world flight ended here; Harrell’s budget may have faulty numbers; the possible (grim) real reason fentanyl ODs are down these days; remembering Kris Kristofferson’s Seattle movie.

Why Macklemore’s still getting berated; more city budget-plan details; Amazon workers don’t want to be back in the office full-time; the historic link between whale hunting and car transmission fluid.

Filmmakers spend years covering Aurora sex workers’ struggles; Harrell’s budget plan raids affordable housing to hire more cops; Afghans top WA’s refugee arrivals; Paul Allen estate pledges $9 million to downtown arts groups.

New gallery showcases Native arts, traditions; machinists nix Boeing’s ‘final offer;’ SPS puts school closures on hold while state officials call for more funding; right-wingers bash Macklemore speech at pro-Palestinian event.

State using undersea robot to restore eelgrass meadows; Council OKs wimpy ‘alternative’ to social housing ballot measure; Tanya Woo ‘shadowboxes old City Council’ in debate; Climate Pledge Arena settles ‘hidden fees’ lawsuit.

China Harbor restaurant closing; Amazon wants corporate staff in the office every day; Harrell wants social housing to have to fight for $$ instead of getting its own funding; Wing Luke Museum director resigns.

Boeing strikers in for the long haul; Black UPS driver wins $237.6 million discrimination case; downtown PCC to reopen in shrunken form; Microsoft ‘selling AI to fossil-fuel companies’ while boasting of its green-ness.

Boeing Machinists start first strike in 16 years; 650 Microsoft Xbox workers laid off; ‘divest from Israel’ activists disrupt UW Regents meeting; jury says state ‘not negligent’ in CHOP protester’s death on I-5 in 2020.

SPS releases two options to close between 17 and 21 schools; City Council plan for new SODA, SOAP zones moves ahead; ex-Pepsi plant could turn to pickleball; what the CHOP protest zone was (and wasn’t).

Debate for gov not as dramatic as debate for prez (thankfully); Zahilay proposes $1 billion for ‘workforce housing;’ Seattle Indian Health Board cuts ties with SPD; Boeing machinists’ strike more likely.

Paul Constant sez WA needs a new flag—and name; Dave Upthegrove survives recount for state lands commissioner; things to see and do near new light-rail stops; Boeing stock price plunges.

New album by pop-punk legends the Fastbacks; asylum seekers plead for housing; Census stats show Seattle’s a big spot for same-sex couples; ‘medical crowdfunding’ nonprofit disappears along with donations.

Intimate photos of the unhoused; County Council votes to keep youth jail open; big aquarium addition’s about to open; affordable-housing construction in Seattle is on a roll (for now).