New play about Black lives, laundromats, and magic; some UW and SU int’l. students get their visas back; Legislative session’s scheduled end draws near with much still to do; it’s been 60 years since a big earthquake.

Remembering Seattle’s most notorious dance club; locals mourn the pope; Boeing gets planes planes China rejected; Legislative Dems drop plans to raise the property-tax lid as session’s scheduled end nears.

More protests here, around US; state Sen. Bill Ramos suddenly dies, as state budget moves go on; FBI questions Oak Harbor punk band over ‘anti fascist’ lyrics.

Video reassures those with ‘Tesla Regret Syndrome,’ while stunters put fake Bezos message on crosswalk buttons; FAA scrutinized over 737 MAX incident oversight; who’ll be King Co.’s second temp-exec?

Massive anti-MAGA/DOGE rallies in Seattle, elsewhere; another WA lawsuit to save research funding; melting ice bringing more whales to the Arctic; Storm legend Sue Bird named to Basketball Hall of Fame.

Chinese-American musician/activist compares anti-authoritarian struggles; new US tariffs could wreck WA’s economy; Amazon wants to buy TikTok; Legislature’s wealth-tax plan draws an unexpected advocate.

Couple’s AI-altered selfie gets lotsa hate; how SPD manipulated local media in 2020; state House, Senate budget plans still far apart in sections; local federal lawyer sues feds over free speech rights.

50 years of Microsoft; protests against Musk and ICE; state Senate OKs budget plan with business, wealth taxes; 5th Avenue Theatre forms ‘alliance’ with Seattle Theatre Group.

The Kingdome: 24 years here, 25 years gone; judge in Tacoma blocks military anti-trans policy; Ark Lodge Cinemas to become ‘world cinema’ nonprofit; targets of Oly tax-hike plans hate the whole idea.

New Seattle civic poet recounts decades in immigration-bureaucracy hell; sudden, massive federal health cuts hit home; city payroll-tax collections way down; we got rain and lightning but no tornados.

Woodland Park Zoo to build ‘forest habitat;’ farmworker-rights activist held by ICE; Emerald Downs horse-racing track might close; councilmembers wants to dis ‘defunding the police’ as if it had happened.

Remembering longtime Seattle legislator Frank Chopp; rallies protest federal playoffs and cuts, as ICE detains a five-decade WA resident; MS exec sez we’re close to ‘human-level AI.’

Norwegian artist recreates printed photos on giant steel sheets; Murray, Reykdal defend US Education Dept.; state Senate Dems propose new taxes on the rich; could Sonics’ comeback finally be near?

More national press praising KEXP; Gov. Ferguson aide quits amid ‘hostile workplace’ claims; why Black Coffee Northwest still hasn’t opened at 23rd & Jackson; Rep. Adam Smith thinks other Dems are the real problem.

Remembering a popular Sonics legend; UW, WSU face anti-DEI attacks from the feds; more Seattle households going car-free; Mayor Harrell’s niece alleges sexism in City Hall.