What the Fourth (and America) mean these days; WA licensing info leads to ICE arrests; Chelan Hills fire prompts mandatory evacuations; what the homeless really need (as told by a homeless person).

US ‘founding documents’ at MOHAI in July; ‘millionaires tax’ repeal initiative gets its signatures; big rider numbers for light rail, streetcar; getting more middle-school kids to read full-length books.

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.

Local popular historian Paul Dorpat RIP; cleanup, recovery continue at Longview mill blast site; possible ‘white collar slowdown’ could hurt local economy; Dan Strauss’s plan to save light rail to Ballard.

Teen’s anti-suicide clothing line; Seattle Housing Authority buildings derided as ‘unsafe;’ unionized REI workers call for anniversary-sale boycott; Seattle factory being built to create ‘autonomous warships.’

Bill Nye honored at Madame Tussauds NYC; new teachers’-union head accused of abusing student; WA Legislative, Supreme Court races to watch; Seattle Times print edition gets even smaller.

Joel Connelly ends half-century reporting on the NW; feds turn back Chinese scholars at Sea-Tac; Amazon (again) accused of underpaying women workers; musicians here celebrate Live Nation verdict.

Redmond Old Fire House’s last all-ages concert; UW demotes prof for anti-Zionist, anti-Iran-war posts; Seattle Met magazine bought, editor fired; another dead grey whale in Grays Harbor.

Desktop-publishing mogul Paul Brainerd RIP; ICE arrested over 2,000 in WA last year; ‘millionaire tax’ bill includes a big corporate tax break; Mariners are back, but will your TV service get them?

Degenerate Art Ensemble’s next multimedia performance; could WA ‘millionaire tax’ help legalize Seattle income tax?; SeaTimes business columnist Jon Talton dies; Jeff Bezos decimates Wash. Post newsroom.

‘The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show’ returns; massive windstorm threat also returns; Ferguson proposes drastic budget cuts but supports income tax on millionaires; most striking Starbucks workers returning to work.

Original Pike Pub location closing; Amazon exec says company’s home base will stay here; no, Mt. Rainier isn’t on the verge of erupting; no, Katie Wilson isn’t vocally ‘anti-Israel.’

The Seattle World’s Fair’s ‘adult’ shows recalled; Katie Wilson-bashing gets even more ridiculous; DC could cut homelessness funds housing thousands; charges filed in attempted Neighbours nightclub arson.

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?

Ex-‘Seattle Sketcher’ spreads the word about hand-drawn art; city, state leaders don’t want US troops on our streets; big $$ for Harrell re-election campaign; last three Bartell Drug stores close.