The State's government is in crisis--but so are its people. Read up on today's headlines to see what fresh sorrow and bleakness you may have missed. more ›

In this morning's headlines: gearing up for the gubernatorial race, liquor privatization, South Seattle murders, an update on the school district and another medical marijuana raid. more ›

Washington State is going to have a new 10th congressional district in 2012, and you'd be surprised by one of the people interested in representing it. more ›

Seattle is not very diverse. Does this surprise you? Take our very scientific poll. more ›

Our fair city is still small enough that it's exciting when we get a mention in the New York Times. It's especially exciting when our history is dissected into what's basically a glowing review of our priorities and way of life. more ›

Turns out cloudy weather and passive-aggressive behavior will only attract people for so long. Recent data from the US Census shows that the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma metropolitan area is the slowest-growing region in the whole wide country of the largest 100 areas that grew last year. From 2007 to 2008, we only grew at a 1.4 percent rate. Across the mountains the Tri-Cities were attracting enough people to become the third-fastest growing area, up 3.5%. Of course from 2007 to 2008 the need for rodeo clowns greatly outweighed the need for fish tossers. more ›

So that's what the deal is with parking on Capitol Hill. The U.S. Census Bureau just released some new number (a 5 and four 9s...hey-o!) and Washington's population has grown to 6,549,224, which is an eleven percent increase since 2000. California is still the most populous state, with 36.7 million sunny dispositions. Almost three million people moved to California since 2000. That's like half of Washington, which is funny because it seems like half of Washington is ex-Californians these days. We officially forget where we were going with this. more ›

• Central District News has a post on "the CD by the numbers," which uses recent census data to shed light on just who calls the Central District home. Some of the information didn't surprise us. The highest average income in the CD is in Madison Valley--you don't say!
• So glad to see the DEA still drives Hummers to rallies at Catholic elementary schools despite the fact that we are in the midst of a global economic crisis and with the ever-rising costs of gasoline. Since the drug war doesn't cost us all enough already, the DEA's grand finale was landing a DEA helicopter on the school's playground. Because you know, Catholic elementary schools are a breeding ground for pre-adolescent crackheads.
• The Belltowner and North Dakota State University wonders if people would utilize a public bike share program if offered one. Hey, it works in Europe--why not here?

"yellow dragon on pole" by Seattlest Flickr Pool Contributor Seattle rainscreen. Thanks! more ›