What happened in West Seattle this week? Charges in last week's standoff, ferry cutbacks, road rage, Honest Tea and an extremely noble and also adorable nonagenarian. more ›

Seattle approves of more food trucks and medical-marijuana providers, but kiboshes Initiative on the deep-bore tunnel. In other news, some national weather schmuck thinks we should be happy with our weather. A little bit of everything today in Headlines. more ›

A judge gave tunnel opponents some bad news today. Time is running out for anyone who wants to stop the pricey dig. more ›

The WSDOT Final Environmental Impact Statement was released last week, and wow -- it is long. Here's our notes on what we could find in the Final EIS, including the effects of tolling, transit times, and effect on the environment. more ›

In the wake of a failed attempt to block a tunnel referendum on the city's August ballot, the Seattle City Council voted yesterday to retroactively approve a lawsuit filed against a similar measure. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Campbell of Seattle Citizens Against the Tunnel, the group behind the initiative, filed a recall petition in an attempt to oust City Council President Richard Conlin, citing a breach of authority. more ›

Girl Reporter Sarah returns to her deep-bored beat to let you know that yes, you get a vote. Start reading now, so you're prepared when ballot time rolls around. more ›

The New York Times covers the viaduct, with some spot-on analysis and some missed opportunities. more ›

Pete Holmes is back on the tunnel with another lawsuit. more ›

Marking the second use of his mayoral veto powers, Mayor Mike McGinn has vetoed the City Council plan to move forward with the deep bore tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct. more ›

It matters a good deal what question the poll asked, of course, but if the Seattlepi.com knows, they ain't tellin'...ah, here we go: "Currently, there is a plan to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel. Do you support? Or oppose? That plan?" more ›

Damn you, Mercer Island! You did this to us. Here's Judy Clibborn on democracy:

All this talk is just so much noise to Rep. Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island, who chairs the state House Transportation committee. "The state is building that tunnel," she said in an interview. "It's a done deal."

Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn is starting to mix it up with Greg Nickels over the deep-bore tunnel. (McGinn has been campaigning as anti-tunnel for a while, but Nickels has only now started to respond.) Now McGinn says that since the Seattle share of tunnel costs would nearly equal the total of every other voter-approved levy in the city, it's worth a vote. more ›

In the Seattle Times story about mayoral candidate Michael McGinn, "McGinn: 'He's the guy who's against the tunnel,'" state representative Judy Clibborn, chairwoman of the state House Transportation Committee, tries to pull the "done deal" card: "Since we're so far down the line and this was a decision that took so long to make, we're not going to change just because one person doesn't like it." Judy, Judy, Judy...70 percent of Seattle voters rejected a tunnel in 2007. We're not statisticians, but we think that's more than one person. (Check out tunnelfacts.com for all the reasons why people haven't warmed up to the deep-bore option.) But maybe we're looking at this the wrong way--if the state has a few billion sitting around to spend strictly because of process inertia, Governor Gregoire is obviously misleading us about all those cuts to healthcare we need to make that will kill people. more ›