Opinion

(Editor's note: The following was sent as an email from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles to her constituents with a copy to this newspaper.)

As you likely know, I introduced an income tax bill last week, SB 6147, which would establish a 1 percent…MORE

A couple of weeks ago we printed a letter from a local pastor in which he declared that homosexuality is "destructive" and against the teachings of God.

Within hours of the paper hitting the newsstands, we got calls from angry readers…MORE

I have a confession to make. When I was a freshman legislator in 1995, and thrilled by a terrific season of Mariner baseball, I voted for the bill that funded the new stadium.   You may remember that the people had narrowly defeated a tax package…MORE

(Editor's note: The following opinion piece was provided from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles' e-newsletter.)

Monday, the senate introduced our "operating budget." Our Majority Leader, Sen. Lisa Brown, described it as “shared pain.” And, painful…MORE

The housing shortfall has grown for people below 40 percent of county-wide median and the King County 2008 Housing Benchmarks Report shows similar growing gap for Seattle's very low income households.

• By contrast there is a surplus…MORE

(Editor's note: This article appears originally in Seattle City Council member Nick Licata's Urban Politics newsletter.)

You may remember that last November, council member Tim Burgess and I, using slightly different approaches, convinced…MORE

Last week, I wrote about the cuts our state budget is facing and that we would be releasing our Senate budget proposal sometime this week, and the House would release its proposal shortly after that.

I have learned in my years down in…MORE

If you didn't know any better, you might think Ballard was populated with reserved Scandinavians who show little emotion.  At last Monday's Alaskan Way Viaduct and Tunnel forum in Ballard, home of the only group to endorse Speaker Chopp's…MORE

Last week we received more devastating, albeit expected, news. Our national recession and our state’s rapidly increasing unemployment rate, now at 8.4 percent, the highest our state has faced since 1987, have significantly reduced our tax…MORE

Early last year, Groundswell NW received a nearly anonymous e-mail with information that the 7th Elect Church of Israel property in the 7000 block of 9th Avenue Northwest was being very quietly marketed for sale. At first we thought it might be…MORE