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How Pam Roach became the Democrats' choice
Democrats provided the votes to make the conservative Republican the Senate's president pro tem. They had their reasons.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Crosscut's 2015 Legislative Watch List
The 2015 legislative session begins Monday. The issues we'll be keeping an eye on this winter.
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A place for the Kalakala's scorned steel hide
The 'jinx ship' Kalakala approaches the junk yard. Where she could be going instead.
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Seattle process: Does working together make us dumber?
Critics decry our need for consensus as a source of civic frustration and gridlock. But the perils of going it alone are real.
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Ready to tunnel into real solutions in 2015?
There are possibilities for progress in Washington state and the Puget Sound area. But don't count on anything.