The Ins and the Outs for the year when we (somehow, we hope) begin to get rid of the goons running and ruining everything in DC.

Ode to a favorite light-rail station; migrant farmworkers face ‘fear and uncertainty;’ Ferguson’s mostly-cuts budget plan and its discontents; the intersection of politics, religion, and AI.

Art by loved ones of the incarcerated; city buys Talaris property in Laurelhurst; Bush Garden reopening at new site after two-year delay; proposing a ‘180 degree turn’ approach to the climate crises.

Santa’s whole family on a holiday train; floods aren’t over but recovery’s just begun; local Dems start ‘non-violent resistance committee;’ just another ho-hum Seahawks miracle win.

New nonprofit arts/performance space; ICE arrests surge while detention conditions deteriorate; big windstorm power outages continue; who’s behind mysterious right-wing political entity ‘Washington Rising’?

Photo book celebrates local waters; floods keep causing major mayhem and damage around the state; WA as a potential haven for ‘climate refugees;’ the latest way to perk up local nightlife: vintage stores?

‘Seattle’s last roadhouse’ closing; waiting for the ‘atmospheric river’ to resume after major floods; City Council OKs SPOG contract; Ste. Michelle wines sold to in-state buyers.

Cafe Nordo concept to be revived, expanded; what America pre-JFK-shooting was really like; states block feds from killing some funding programs; UW study set AI contributes to racially-biased hiring decisions.

Wilson crosses the line for mayoral win; Wilson’s family link to two classic Hollywood dramas; WA Dems (except one) oppose compromise to end govt. shutdown; Starbucks strike deadline’s today.

Susan Silver on steering Soundgarden’s success; local sports legend Lenny Wilkens dies; Katie Wilson could take the lead for mayor in today’s ballot drop; MAGA regime shows it really hates the hungry.

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.

Ethnic advocates’ Dia de Los Muertos displays; Judge orders SNAP benefits resumed, as locals work to help cutoff victims; security guard arrested in Pio. Square shooting; venerable restaurant gets scathing review.

Potential next-gen aircraft shown off; local help for SNAP cutoff victims; Crocodile says it’s not closing its smaller performance rooms (yet); Microsoft Azure cloud outage screws with Alaska Airlines’ systems (again).

Crocodile closing two of its three performance spaces; WA, 25 other states sue over SNAP funding halt; Amazon announces 14,000 layoffs, while the state has a ‘growing backlog’ of pending unemployment claims.

Art/music/comix promoter Larry Reid profiled; fewer people are dying on Seattle’s streets; Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 workers; what DOES horror mean in a world of cruelty and terror as gov’t policy?