Game may be over if NBA says ‘no’ | Danny Westneat
If Seattle loses in its bid to get an NBA team Wednesday, the whole long-term plan to bring back the Sonics might collapse. Because political and public support for it sure feels a little soft around the city.
Bidding war for Sonics a bit much for some locals | Danny Westneat
Seattle has always been don’t ask, don’t tell and definitely don’t flaunt when it comes to money. So will Chris Hansen’s brash money brawl to bring back the Sonics win over Seattle, or alienate it?
UW chemist’s coal project gets crowdfunded — in record time | Danny Westneat
A UW chemist wanted to do air-quality monitoring on the health effects of coal trains, but couldn’t get the funding. Until he asked you.
Coal trains fire up UW chemist | Danny Westneat
Can’t get backing to study the health effects of coal trains? Then go rogue. A frustrated UW professor is taking his research straight to the people.
May Day puts ‘McSchwinn’ on sweet ride | Danny Westneat
Police used bicycles as their secret weapon to defeat the May Day anarchists. So who’s laughing at Mayor McSchwinn now?
Seattle nice is not the NBA way | Danny Westneat
Seattle’s mistake is that we’ve been too honest and nice with the NBA. In a snake pit you’ve got to bare some fangs of your own. Chris Hansen seems to get that, but will Seattle go along?
Awful bill re-legalizes anti-gay bias | Danny Westneat
A new bill, triggered by the case of the florist who refused to sell flowers for a gay wedding, is supposed to be about religious freedom. Instead, it reads like the return of Jim Crow.
Yes to NBA, but keep Sodo vital | Danny Westneat
About the last thing we need around a new basketball arena site is a version of the L.A. Live entertainment district. We don’t need to make “Sodo Live.” It already is.
Doubling of beer tax a bit heady | Danny Westneat
Some beer makers these days are so small they’re not microbreweries, but nano- or picobreweries. Not too small, though, to be missed by the state’s huge proposed beer tax.
Sacramento plays hard for the NBA | Danny Westneat
When it comes to public handouts to woo the NBA, Sacramento has it all over Seattle.
Inslee’s shifts unsettling | Danny Westneat
New Gov. Jay Inslee has been getting all Clintonian on us when it comes to some of his campaign pledges.