Rep. Ilhan Omar’s message of unity brings out the dividers; Ride the Ducks driver speaks out; judge rules against Eyman associates; what won’t help the homeless (or anybody).

Is liquified natural gas a step toward cleaner energy or just more of the same?; Amazon shareholder proposals fall; Inslee’s first big veto of 2019; how the alt-Right seeks an ‘insider’ presence in Seattle.

A gathering to fight the abortion bans; a local-music legend’s latest battle; another big DSHS neglect settlement; another big 737 MAX lawsuit.

Comparing rival fashion-art exhibits; a historic restaurant space reopens; more measles-outbreak effects; 50 years of getting stuck in traffic on I-5.

Remembering Mount St. Helens’ blast; lotsa City Council hopefuls; more flak against Judge Ed McKenna; could G5 cell service imperil weather forecasting?

Remembering the Chinese railroad builders 150 years later; Boeing says it’s got a 737 MAX fix ready; why Puget Sound’s orange in spots; another Mt. St. Helens anniversary.

Bill Nye explains climate change with funny props; big business has a city-council takeover plan; a legal win for backyard cottages; robots will pick apples and box up Amazon stuff.

All of Washington’s mammals hung up on a wall; more trouble at Western State; another ‘Twin Peaks’ star RIP; what do you call it when the rich displace the middle class?

A young artist’s hit installation about black female life; more ex-engineers say Boeing cut too many corners; reported hate crimes are way up; what’s business done to solve Seattle’s housing crisis?

Sea lions: threat or menace?; scooter-shares might finally come to Seattle; how a global criminal helped kill a Seattle restaurant; it’s too darn hot.

Bill Gates on US socialists; the water’s getting too loud for orcas; Durkan lauds homeless-camp ‘sweeps’; our first cute-animal pic in a long time.

(The link to a Boeing-related article in the newsletter was mis-given. Here’s the correct link.)

Inside Microsoft’s big cloud-computing control center; rumors of a Showbox deal as two other old nightclubs become threatened; WA’s economic output breaks a half-trillion; ‘surgical tourism’ hits Seattle.

Local May Day events stayed on-message (sorry, news media); the yearly SIFF onslaught approaches; more hate-talk from Matt Shea; is this any way to teach science?

A local animation legend dies; affirmative-action foes file a referendum to stop I-1000; Boeing’s CEO says he won’t quit; a coffee company that knows when you need more beans.

What (little) we know about the deadly crane crash; Legislators try really hard to finish on time; the city gets more time to save the Showbox; a venerable downtown diner’s possible last days.