Seattle Nice
By David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik
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It’s getting harder and harder to talk about politics, especially if you disagree. Well, screw that. Seattle Nice aims to be the most opinionated and smartest analysis of what’s really happening in Seattle politics available in any medium. Each episode dives into contentious and sometimes ridiculous topics, exploring perspectives from across Seattle's political spectrum, from city council brawls to the ways the national political conversation filters through our unique political process. Even if you’re not from Seattle, you need to listen to Seattle Nice. Because it’s coming for you. Unlike the sun, politics rises in the West and sets in the East.
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Sales Tax Scheming and Seattle’s Shifting City Scape
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Should Seattle Surveil More?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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ICYMI: Katie Wilson, Did the Left Get It Wrong on Homelessness?
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Dispatch from an Urban Drug Market: A Blue City Blues Podcast Preview
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Should the City Permit Another Christian Nationalist Rally at Cal Anderson?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Progressive Primary Palooza
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Encampment Ban Proposal, Progressive Biz Taxes, and Why is Seattle Suing the Trump Admin Now?
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Lisa Daugaard on Trump’s Homelessness Exec Order: Read the Fine Print Before Freaking Out
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Primary Preview: Is the Progressive Left Back?
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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The Writing on the Wall: Seattle Grapples with Graffiti and Politics
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Council President Sara Nelson Gets Touchy-Feely on Treatment
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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The Taxman (and Woman) Cometh!
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Is It Time to Admit the King County Regional Homelessness Authority Is a Bust?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Assessing the Assessor, Urbanism v. Incivility, and Seattle Hates Nightlife
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Special Emergency Seattle Nice: The Seattle City Council Is Un-Cathy Moored!
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Assessor Allegedly Stalks, Ethics Walks, and the Culture War Rocks Seattle
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May 31, 2025 |
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FEED DROP: On this Month's "Are You Mad At Me?," We Interview Shattered Glass Director Billy Ray
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May 30, 2025 |
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Tent City Gets a Reprieve, Council Rolls Back Ethics Rules, and Kshama's Back, Baby!
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May 26, 2025 |
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Adam Smith: How Bad is Trump for Seattle? Really bad!
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May 16, 2025 |
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This Program Offers New Hope for Fentanyl Users
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May 05, 2025 |
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Prude or Lewd at Denny Blaine, Harrell Flexes His Muscles, and State Budget Axes Successful Homeless Program
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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D2 Council Race Unpacked, Crosswalks Hacked, and will the Virginia Inn get Axed?
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Does Trump's economy spell doom for Seattle?
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Developers, Guns and Money: Another Week of Council Controversies
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Blue City Blues preview: Why Drug Reform Failed In West Coast Blue Cities
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Sara Nelson Talks Stadium District Housing, Progressive Revenue, and Involuntary Commitment
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Are You Mad At Me? Episode 2: We Talk to Adam Penenberg, Who Uncovered the Deception at the Heart of "Shattered Glass"
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Sound Transit Picks Dow? And Challengers Take on Harrell and Davison
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Seattle Elections Heat Up and Trump Gets Punitive
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Does Mayor Bruce Harrell Heart Elon Musk? Plus, Seattle Fights Over Totem Poles and Trees
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Joy Hollingsworth on Seattle’s Racial Politics and Whether She’s the Council’s Swing Vote
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Preview: Grading Bruce Harrell's State of the City
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Election result: Did Voters Make Seattle Progressive Again?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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New Podcast Preview: Are You Mad At Me? A Shattered Glass Podcast
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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SODA, SOAP, and SODO
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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City Council Appointee Mark Solomon Talks Density, Public Safety, Blast Balls, and More
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Did the Left Get It Wrong on Homelessness?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Seattle's Nicest 2025 Predictions
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Debate: Is Seattle Ready to Go Big on Social Housing?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Who will fill the vacant Seattle City Council seat?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Blast Balls and Colonoscopies: Bob Kettle on Public Safety and the Council’s 2025 Priorities
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Why all the controversy over Seattle’s annual minimum wage hike? And is Amazon’s return to work mandate a positive or negative?
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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All of your questions answered
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Ex-SPD Chief Diaz Fired, Bus Stabbing Sparks Safety Debate, Graffiti Crackdown
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Anti-"strip club" petitioners and Seattle's debate about crowd control
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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The good, the bad, and the ugly takes on Tammy Morales quitting Seattle's City Council
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Is Seattle's council less centrist than we thought?
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Dow Constantine's moving on and Seattle's surprise proposal to tax the rich
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Is Rinck's win scaring Seattle city council centrists?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Is the Seattle City Council race over?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Dan Savage and the Blue City Blues podcast preview
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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WTF is wrong with Seattle Public Schools?
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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How to really help homeless people with DESC’s Daniel Malone
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Interim Chief Sue Rahr's candid thoughts about SPD. Plus, Kshama Sawant campaigns against Kamala Harris
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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One question: Who won the Seattle city council debate?
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Big debate night!
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Progressives pan Mayor Harrell's budget. Plus, debate watch party!
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Two Social Housing Measures Enter. One Measure Leaves.
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Does Seattle Need More Drug Laws?
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Is Design Review dying in Seattle?
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Is Seattle's downtown really recovering?
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Are SOAP zones the right way to clean up Seattle?
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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The Extra-Nice Post-Primary Election Episode
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Is Seattle Still In Its Backlash Era?
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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PREVIEW: Will jailing more people fix downtown Seattle? Lisa Daugaard weighs in.
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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SPD's interim head Sue Rahr puts her foot down
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Is Civility Dying in Seattle?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Supreme Court episode: Are sweeps the answer?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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"Do Nothing" Seattle City Council?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Why are NPR and WaPo struggling compared to peer news organizations?
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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What should Seattle do about gun violence in schools?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Is Seattle Ungovernable?
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Nudity in Seattle parks and homeless count controversy
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May 17, 2024 |
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Do you support Seattle Mayor Harrell's new overdose recovery facility plan?
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May 12, 2024 |
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Seattle Nice Live! Street prostitution, crime and drugs on Aurora Ave
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May 04, 2024 |
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$5M Lawsuit accuses Seattle police of sexual discrimination and harassment
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Why was Seattle's original draft plan for more dense housing watered down?
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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New Poll: Is Seattle's glass half full or still half empty?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Seattle's new police contract, $1.35 billion transportation levy and the migrant crisis
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Seattle Police contract includes 23 percent retroactive raise
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Seattle considers changes to police hiring tests and gig delivery worker pay
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Shocking presidential primary vote and Seattle Mayor's controversial comprehensive plan
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Did Seattle's new council overreact to recent protests at city hall?
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Mayor Bruce Harrell says Seattle's making progress under his leadership
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Seattle's Sizzling Social Housing Debate
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Gay bar raids, voter turnoutgate and a mistrial
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Tanya Woo's controversial Seattle city council appointment
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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We Are In Implodes
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Who is likely to get Seattle's open city council job?
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Who really wants Teresa Mosqueda's old job on the Seattle city council?
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Rockin' New Year's Eve special predicting Seattle's future
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Seattle's Nicest Year in Review
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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What's next for Seattle with a new city council?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Centrists flip Seattle city council. Now what?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Will Urbanism Win Seattle's city council races?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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On Drugs: Seattle council races, final stretch edition
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Election fever burns hot in two Seattle city council races
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Was the plan to end homelessness in downtown Seattle doomed to fail?
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Will the Seattle police video scandal provoke reform?
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Will Seattle's proposed drug law make a difference?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Blame game on Seattle's hotel shelter program
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Taxes and drugs
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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What really happened, Seattle?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Seattle Election Eve Palooza
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Seattle city council election flambé
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Baseball Sweep Denial and D4 Showdown in Seattle
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Shake up but not stirred at city hall
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Seattle's drug law debate
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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What's really going on with King County homelessness policy?
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May 27, 2023 |
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Seattle what should we do about drugs?
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May 05, 2023 |
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Voters approve crisis center levy. Now what?
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Will Bruce Harrell's Executive Order on Drugs make a difference?
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Lisa Daugaard's plan for "public disorder" on Third Avenue
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Is Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison doing a good job with "repeat offenders."
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Sound Transit board votes to skip Chinatown and First Hill
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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How to interpret Mayor Harrell's State of the City address
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Your questions about Seattle council races, pedestrian deaths, and more
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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How to vote on the Seattle social housing levy I-135
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Will the last person leaving Seattle City Council — turn out the lights
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Billions and billions to end homelessness in King County
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Emergency Podcast: Socialist Alternative's Kshama Sawant won't run again
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Does historic preservation in Seattle go too far?
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Why isn't Seattle's Alex Pedersen running for re-election, really?
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's Year in Review
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Would Seattle politics be better off without Twitter?
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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Why is Lisa Herbold not running for re-election to the Seattle City Council
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Final budget battles amidst Harrell-ded harmony in Seattle
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Election Forecast fails and Sandeep gloats about beating MAGA Joe Kent
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Pins, needles and midterm election predictions
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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#poopgate, plus troubling news for Dan Strauss of the Seattle City Council
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Should Seattle spend millions on "Unified Care Team" expansion?
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Seattle's big budget battle
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Harrell picks Diaz, and Seattle Nice reacts
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Turbulence over Seattle plan to hire more park rangers
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Seattle teacher's strike and the city leaf blower crisis
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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End of mayoral honeymoon for "authentic" Bruce Harrell?
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Hot takes on big WA primary and Seattle City Council hijinks
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Fentanyl crisis and the personal politics of addiction
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Why is Starbucks really closing stores in Seattle?
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Charleena Lyles verdict + Seattle City Council voting reform maneuvering
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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Seattle Nice takes on the U.S. Supreme Court
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Police reform takes a step forward + Is Seattle's World Cup fever overheated?
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Who should take blame for Seattle's sexual assault case backlog?
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Should Seattle raise Amazon's taxes again?
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May 27, 2022 |
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More "cleanups" but is Seattle making progress on homelessness?
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May 20, 2022 |
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Complacency on the abortion issue and Washington State politics
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May 07, 2022 |
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Should Sound Transit let people ride light rail for free?
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Is Ann Davison Stealing Nicole Thomas-Kennedy’s Policy Platform?
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Seattle's rich keep getting richer and there's too much dog poop
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Is a new approach to homelessness working in Seattle and King County?
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Seattle TV reporter fired for Tweeting about a Proud Boys rally
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Is Third Avenue Bruce Harrell's Afghanistan?
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Debating Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's "Operation New Day" crime-fighting campaign
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Is downtown Seattle dying?
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Blue city crime debate and SBUX resolution rancor on Seattle's City Council
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Seattle debates crime and punishment after Mayor Bruce Harrell's presser
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Is Rudy Giuliani what Republicans in the Seattle area need right now?
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Will the move to end single family zoning in Washington State destroy America?
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Mayor Bruce Harrell extends Seattle's eviction moratorium just as New York’s expires
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Can Mayor Bruce Harrell bridge Seattle's political divides?
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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Seattle Mayor Durkan's Legacy is up for Debate
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Unlike the sun, politics rises in the West and sets in the East
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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You Can't Recall Kshama Sawant
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Dec 11, 2021 |