Seattle & King County
Rail transit: the slow lane to urban density
Focusing development around rail stations makes good planning sense, but it's proving maddeningly hard to do. There are better routes by using bus stops.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Culture
Bellevue ranks at top for places to live and launch a company
Bellevue is the top city in a new ranking of best American cities to live and launch a new business [http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fsb/0803/gallery.best_places_to_launch.fsb/index.html] by CNN Money.com. Seattle doesn't even make the list of the top 100 such places. The survey rates Bellevue h
Politics
Mr. Ruckelshaus goes to Washington
Bill Ruckelshaus, well known in these parts for his leadership in efforts to save salmon and Puget Sound, is having his 15 minutes of national fame. The lifelong Republican has endorsed Barack Obama, with the timing meant to be helpful to Obama's primary efforts in Indiana, where Ruckelshaus is a st
Seattle & King County
KUOW bucks the national trend in local news reporting
While many NPR stations do relatively little original local news coverage, KUOW is increasing its commitment to hard news, according to its program director, Jeff Hansen.
Tech
The tricky art of planning for succession at arts organizations
Speight Jenkins sets 2013 for his retirement date and vows to help with a textbook transition at the Seattle Opera. At the symphony, indecision about whether it's time for a new conductor seems to have been resolved in favor of keeping the long-running Gerard Schwarz act.