Where Seattle ranks among US cities by GDP; KUOW joins NPR in quitting Twitter; Pioneer Square’s venerable Davidson Gallery for sale; Legislature follows a state Supreme Court ruling and makes drug possession a misdemeanor.

Bartell Drugs’ oldest store suddenly closed; Legislature passes weakened ‘missing middle housing’ bill; some Amazon offices aren’t ready for workers to come back; progressive groups ask Starbucks to accept unions.

Can the Grand Illusion Cinema survive?; does Seattle ‘have a culture’? (hint: I say yes); housing prices dip but housing crisis remains; Seattle publisher fires kids’-book illustrator who spread transphobic flyers.

Art/music/DJ space opens in a Ballard storage building; Inslee has the state stock up on one ‘abortion drug;’ why local homelessness persists after all these years; Jon Shirley and the Paul Allen Foundation donate big on the arts.

Jinkx Monsoon, from Seattle drag stages to ‘Doctor Who’; community mourns Elijah Lewis; Bainbridge special-needs student allegedly locked in a police car; state suing Google over online-ad monopoly.

Art projects (with far different public reactions) in Everett and Lakewood; Howard Schultz tells Senate committee he’s not a ‘union buster;’ Kirkland megachurch accused of forcing workers to ‘tithe’ back part of their pay; some sports pundits predict big things for the Ms this season.

Colonoscopy-themed arcade game makers’ next big plans; local homeless population up 10 percent in 2 years; undercover cop on sex-work sting nabs another cop; reasons to be optimistic about Seattle.

An all Asian-American online comedy talk show; state Supreme Court upholds WA capital gains tax; light rail station-site dispute goes on despite board meeting’s decision; ‘world’s oldest working drag queen’ dies at 92.

Eco-costs of a Seattle-Alaska cruise; evidence shows Green River killer could’ve been caught long before he was; man charged with abusing children he’d met at a Redmond church; arson charge in boat-storage fire.

What should the new owner do with the ex-Lusty Lady building?; Starbucks boss Howard Schultz retires (again); Amazon announced 9,000 more worldwide layoffs; Ballard woman dies in a shootout during an eviction.

Robyn Hitchcock’s local pop anthem turns 25; the Stranger returns to print (at least once); T-Mobile buying Mint Mobile; making the case against a new light rail station near the Chinatown-International District.

Portland-made ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ wins Oscar; SPD trainer’s support of anti-gay policies; Sawant’s support of PCC labor actions; phony Safeway employee accused of stealing $700,000 worth of crab from a warehouse.

‘Salish Geek’ artist fights for his life; Constantine wants to redevelop county-owned downtown blocks; ‘missing middle housing’ bill passes state House; should port commissioners care about social justice?

Funko’s got a lot more ‘Pop!’ figures than it can sell; right-wing trustees cause chaos at an Idaho college; Macklemore gives a ‘surprise’ free concert; what should be WA’s ‘official state smell’?

Suquamish basket maker gets a national arts award; Nordstrom’s quitting Canada; more resignations at the Seattle Human Rights Commission; what’s missing from Comic Con this year.