Liberal bloggers rejoice- Darcy Burner is running for Congress again. What is it about Burner that inspires so much enthusiasm among the Democratic base? Is she electable? more ›

Today: The religious pot calls the religious kettle black, seriously disturbing news for local aquaculture, light rail in Queen Anne takes another step towards reality, Jay Inslee picks his ballot choices, and Costco's latest contribution to I-1183 proves that liquor is a true cash cow. more ›

A recent poll of Washingtonians is manna from heaven for political junkies, but more like a call to arms for our two gubernatorial candidates. more ›

Murder charges for an alleged heroin dealer, a package from Santa, meteors, the Barefoot Bandit, Costco's initiative and a man shot by King County Sheriff's deputies. more ›

Dennis Kucinich, the man they used to call "the Boy Mayor" and "Dennis the Menace" has kept up his suspiciously Western Washington-focused travel schedule, encouraging already rampant speculation that he's packing his carpet bag for a run at a Washington congressional seat. more ›

An article from earlier this week contained an oversight, and we're here to set it straight, more ›

With Jay Inslee running for Governor, competition to succeed him in Congress is heating up. Today, the field expanded to four with an announcement by a Bothell businessman. more ›

Knowing is half the battle, so take a good look at your choices for replacing Gregoire. more ›

Runaway horses, campaigning politicians and parading locals. Thank goodness it's Monday. more ›

Yesterday, a lot of news outlets were speculating about what we all already knew--that Representative Jay Inslee was probably going to announce his intention to run for governor on Monday. This morning, we got the confirmation. Please feign surprise. more ›

Today's big news: A foiled plan to attack a military recruit processing center located in South Seattle, Jay Inslee is officially in it to win it for the Washington gubernatorial election, and a major Seattle construction project comes in on-time and under-budget. more ›

Seattle's douchebaggery levels were at an all-time high today, as a non-profit becomes the victim of senseless vandalism, and a military recruiting station was nearly the target of something that could have been much, much worse. more ›

A State Republican group passes judgment on what Jay Inslee did with an 11-year-old donation from Anthony Weiner, saying he is causing damage to the pro-choice cause by passing the money on to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood Votes disagrees. Plus, a bonus Batman video! more ›

The biggest non-scandal of the month has hit home again. On Thursday, the day US Representative Anthony Weiner resigned over the controversy surrounding a scandalous picture on his Twitter, the Washington State GOP re-tweeted a public records enthusiast who came up with this underwhelming nugget: more ›

As awesome as being deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development was, Ron Sims says he's needed elsewhere: home. Initially the announcement of the former King County Executive's departure led to some conjecture about the upcoming gubernatorial election, but Sims assured the Seattle Times that it's not in the cards right now -- although he has every intention of helping democratic Washington State US Representative Jay Inslee take office in 2012. What do you think, dear readers? more ›

Tiny rabbits, big news, bashed in windows, and a development in the saga of Pete Holmes v. SPD. It's like speed-dating, but with news headlines. more ›

Rob McKenna has a reputation for moderation in some quarters, but does he deserve it? Can a centrist still run for statewide office as a Republican? more ›

It's not 2012 yet, but that hasn't stopped pollsters and journalists from trying to read the tea leaves. Here's an overview of what the insiders are saying: 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 ›

In honor of all the past presidents and our new one, Jay Inslee sent out a flickr set of the Inauguration, including shots of the Funny Hat Caucus. This makes us wish more politicians would wear hats. In honor of odd things happening on holidays, we pass along the sad yet mysterious news that a "man driving a lawn mower has died in a collision on a highway in Granite Falls." more ›

The Congressional Bike Caucus, founded by Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Portland, gets a boost from the NYT. In case you're wondering who represents for the spokes-folks in Washington State, it's alternative-energy friendly Jay Inslee, Adam Smith, Rick Larsen, and Jim McDermott. more ›

Over the past year and a half or so of Hillary Clinton's hugely historic run for the presidency, we've been thoroughly impressed with the legacy she's left as the first of her kind. She's undoubtedly owned every single debate—except for that one where Edwards came alive for a minute and sounded like a real person who had more going for him than being the son of a mill worker. She made sure health care mattered to whomever takes over the country. She got the country talking about feminism again, got men and women alike uncomfortable about whether or not it's okay to treat women a certain way. She presented an impressive economic plan, overcame pretty much every controversy surrounding her, and ignored the ones that were ridiculous or irrelevant (i.e. claims that Clinton's a racist, talk about her cleavage). more ›

According to our current addiction, the Democratic Convention Watch blog, some less than stellar reporting created confusion over the status of Rep. Jay Inslee's endorsement of Clinton. more ›

Unlike Kevin Henry, Congressman Brian Baird, of Washington's third district, has endorsed Barack Obama. He joins Congressman Adam Smith, Governor Gregoire, and Pearl Jam as state leaders on Obama's side. more ›

As our friend who sent us the info announced this news, so shall we: more ›

This Seattlest will be heading to a private party tonight, where we will celebrate among our favorite people the fact that Super Tuesday is FINALLY here. But, if you're looking for somewhere more out-on-the-town to get your drink on and watch the returns trickle in, and pancakes aren't your bag, here's the guide for you. Most of these events start at 5pm, and they're all free. Go America! more ›

One week from today, Seattlest is looking forward to heading over to Mt. Zion Baptist Church in our "Just Vote for the Bitch" t-shirt to be the lone Capitol Hill caucuser for Hillary Clinton. More on that later. more ›

We have no doubt that one day we'll all live in little Matrix pods where a single media conglomerate will spoon-feed us newspapers, TV news, radio and, yes, blogs and collect our excreted dollars and votes for their own nefarious purposes. more ›

TONIGHT at Meany Hall, it's "Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth," a two-hour multi-media presentation designed to freak your climatological shit out. It stars the world-famous paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and environmental activist: Dr. Richard Leakey. Shazam! (What? We never get to say "Shazam"!) Author of The Sixth Extinction, Dr. Leakey will talk "about our impact on the environment"...um, no, he's gonna open up a can of knowledgifying whup-ass is what. more ›

Right out of the gate we're going to D up on Jordan, pressure him a bit and maybe force a few turnovers. MARIA CANTWELL for U.S. Senate. And since we finally figured out how to beat the Bulls' fullcourt press we're going to get a lot of transition baskets from Payton driving to the hole and Sam Perkins from the arc. A pull-up jumper over Longley for JAY INSLEE for U.S. State Rep. A long two from the baseline for JIM MCDERMOTT for U.S. State Rep. We'll go into halftime knowing that the ballot's going pretty well and the Key Arena crowd is going nuts, but we've got to keep the pressure on. Down three games to zip in the best-of-seven series means nothing tonight. Out of the locker room coach Karl has us staying strong on defense while managing to pick up a few buckets. INITIATIVE 930 - NO, INITIATIVE 933 - NO, INITIATIVE 931 - YES. Die, initiatives, die. When Jordan tries to start a run we'll squash it with an Ervin Johnson block and a Hersey Hawkins three on the other end to the rapture of the crowd. JAMIE PEDERSON for State Rep. ED MURRAY for Senator! We're almost there, but a comeback at this point in the game would be difficult -not impossible- for this magic Bulls team. Kukoc is stripped at midcourt, a pass to Payton for the lay in. DARCY BURNER for U.S. Rep. Ball's loose at the Bulls end, McMillan scoops it to Payton who spins around Jordan and fires to Kemp flashing down the lane! The ballot is completed! We're going strong to the ballot box! Kemp absolutely explodes over Pippen and Rodman and the basket counts! We're hanging from the ballot box in ecstasy as time expires. On the way off the floor/out of the church basement we'll exchange high fives and flying chest bumps with the election officials and then head home to face the inevitable games 5 and 6. more ›