Opinion

Can you name the West Seattle school with these achievements among Seattle high schools?

1. The highest increase in Washington Assessment of Student Learning scores over the past seven years.

2. The highest rate of attendance.

Beginning a dialogue on citizen complaints

By Nick Licata

In early 2006 I commissioned a survey of Seattle Police Officers from David Brody, Washington State University Spokane criminal justice program coordinator and Nicholas…MORE

State gets it right - and wrong, too

By Don C. Brunell

Washington lawmakers are considering a "connector" bill that emulates efforts in Massachusetts to attain universal health care coverage by requiring every person in the state to…MORE

What is it at City Hall that keeps making the City Council stop worrying about the real problems of the citizens, like the accelerated loss of affordable rental housing, to get mired in another boondoggle.

The latest one actually was born…MORE

It was good to have Ms. Rosenberg from King County Housing Authority (KCHA) acknowledge [May 30 Times/News) that they are going to honor their contractual obligations and vacate the Lora Lake Apartments.

From my recent view of this…MORE

State gets it right - and wrong, too

By Don C. Brunell

Washington lawmakers are considering a "connector" bill that emulates efforts in Massachusetts to attain universal health care coverage by requiring every person in the state to…MORE

What is it at City Hall that keeps making the Council stop worrying about the real problems of the citizens, like the accelerated loss of affordable rental housing, and get mired in another boondoggle.

The latest one actually was born in…MORE

As the discussions at West Seattle High School over the four period school day drag on, it appears the problem is the teachers and a large number of parents are on opposite sides of the issue.

Teachers and staff appear to be solidly on…MORE

When Seattle decided to brace and prepare for becoming a much larger city, it decided that more of us needed to live more closely in proximity with each other. Urban villages were to be created where mid-rise apartments and condominiums would be…MORE

[Former Burien City Manager Gary] Long's opinion piece of May 16 week about the controversy surrounding the demolition of the Lora Lake Apartments was long on accusations and short on facts.