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Charlie Harger
Harger: 511,000 signatures to repeal Washington’s income tax. Five reasons that might not be enough
I think initiative supporters attempting to repeal Washington's "millionaire tax" have a lot more to be concerned about than they're letting on.3 months ago
Charlie Harger
‘It’s a total loss’: Washington’s most wished-for Airbnb, the Hobbit Inn near Lake Chelan, destroyed in Chelan Hills Fire
The Hobbit Inn, a hobbit-hole vacation rental carved into a hillside near Orondo, was destroyed over the weekend by the Chelan Hills Fire in Douglas County.3 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle hid its addiction crisis for the World Cup. Ginny Burton is walking 307 miles to face it
Then the tournament ended. The tourists left. The cameras left. Seattle just proved it can clean up its most visible blocks. So what happened to the people who used to be there?3 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle had 74 homicides in all of 2023. This past June, it had zero, the first murder-free month since 1970
For the first time since 1970, the City of Seattle went the entire month of June without a single homicide.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Former WA AG Rob McKenna breaks down Supreme Court birthright citizenship, mail-in ballot rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship and upheld state laws for mail-in ballots.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: In 2004, 91% of us were proud to be American. On our 250th birthday, 33% are
Two and a half centuries of the loudest, messiest, most improbable argument in human history, and the thing still runs. That's worth a party, no matter who's in the White House.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
‘Does she have crab in her bra?’ Washington Fish and Wildlife officer uncovers 21 hidden Dungeness crabs at Tokeland
A WDFW officer who asked four crab harvesters six times whether they had any more Dungeness crabs got the same answer every time. No. He found 21 crabs hidden on their bodies.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Your PSE bill went up 12% this year. They’re asking for 30% more. And Olympia is about to print the reason on it
Sometime this winter, the electric bill started climbing, and not in the rounding-error way. I started asking around. Neighbors. Coworkers. Everybody's PSE bill is up.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Olympia family pleads for help finding missing 15-year-old girl gone two weeks
The family of a 15-year-old Olympia girl who has been missing for more than two weeks is pleading for the public's help to bring her home.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Washington is No. 1 in the nation for retail theft. The state found a fix that worked, then killed it over $500K
Forbes ranks us as the state most impacted by retail theft in the country. Third-worst for value of goods stolen per resident. Second-worst for larceny per capita. No. 1. Out of 50 states.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Rick Rizzs defends Mariners’ piggyback pitching plan as Cole Young shines in Pittsburgh homecoming
Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs sees plenty to like about Seattle's young talent, even as the team's bats go quiet against left-handed pitching.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: One listener says I’m a closet liberal. The next says I’m a right-wing mouthpiece. Same mailbag, same morning
Listeners, viewers, and readers all like to sound off on my daily commentaries, and they don't hold back. We hear from a bunch of them every day.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Jamie Pedersen passed Washington’s first income tax. After 20 years, his own party won’t endorse him
Run your finger down the state Senate races to the 43rd District. The name on the endorsement line is Hannah Sabio-Howell. The name missing is Jamie Pedersen.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Former AG Rob McKenna blames Washington’s $1.7 billion payout crisis on ‘strict liability regime’
Washington's self-insurance liability fund has fallen more than $1.7 billion into deficit, driven by a surge in large legal settlements and judgments.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Rob McKenna: Supreme Court’s biggest rulings on birthright citizenship, presidential power coming soon
Former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna said the U.S. Supreme Court is holding its most consequential decisions for the closing days of its term.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle cleaned up downtown for the World Cup. So now we know we can
I've spent years watching Seattle promise to fix downtown and then not fix downtown, so I figured this would be more of the same. I was wrong. Pleasantly, completely wrong.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Seattle couple launches Elliott Bay Puppy Raisers to train guide dogs for the blind
Meet Flyer, a puppy with a big future. He's in training to become a guide dog for the blind, and is at the center of an effort to grow the program in Seattle.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Shoreline wants $100 million for a swimming pool. With a lazy river. For a city of 62,000 people
The City of Shoreline wants voters to approve $100 million for a swimming pool with eight lap lanes, a recreation pool, a hydrotherapy pool, a lazy river, a sauna, and a snack bar.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Maltby Cafe and its dinner plate-sized cinnamon rolls to get new home in planned Maltby Village
The Maltby Cafe is getting a new home as part of a development that aims to keep the local landmark serving customers for another century.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: 68,000 fans chanted USA at Seattle’s World Cup match on Friday. Then the internet had to weigh in
The US won 2-0. One of the best soccer atmospheres this country has ever produced, and it happened in Seattle. Then both political tribes got involved.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: In Seattle, even the kinda-left Democrats aren’t left enough
On Tuesday, the Democrats of Seattle's 43rd District endorsed a 30-year-old labor organizer named Hannah Sabio-Howell over Jamie Pedersen for state Senate.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle Police said six suspects were arrested in an Aurora crackdown. Every newsroom in Seattle reported it today. It wasn’t true
Seattle Police gave the public information that wasn't true, and every media outlet that trusted them repeated it on their behalf.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Katie Wilson built Seattle’s biggest business tax. Amazon drove to Bellevue. Downtown lost 30,000 jobs
Thirty thousand jobs gone. A third of the office space empty. Nearly half the value of the office towers wiped out. And the fingerprints on the policy that helped drive it belong to the woman now running the city.4 months ago
