Politics Directory resistance: The challenge of contacting local government Can't find an email or phone number in the state's online directory? Join the club. by Peter Lewis / October 8, 2013
Politics Phone mystery: landline usage down, taxes up. CenturyLink's landline use is down 60 percent. by Peter Lewis / October 2, 2013
Politics Can Oregonians quit kicking themselves? We like tax surpluses where we can see 'em: In the mailbox by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / March 12, 2009
Politics Does Portland owe Mayor Adams an apology? An alt-weekly writer looks beyond the squabbling around his city's mayoral 'cluster-kerfluffle.' by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / February 2, 2009
Politics Stripe-less in Seattle A Seattle Department of Transportation snowplow. by Peter Lewis / January 7, 2009
Politics Another way to help President Obama Barack Obama announcing his candidacy in Springfield, Ill., with the historic state house as backdrop. by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / November 6, 2008
Politics A new poll shows Dino Rossi has narrowed the gap In the Washington Poll, he now trails Gov. Chris Gregoire 50-48. The same poll earlier this week had Gregoire ahead 51-45. by Peter Lewis / November 1, 2008
Politics New poll: Gregoire 51, Rossi 45 The Washington Poll also found that Initiative 1000 is ahead and that Sound Transit Proposition 1 is no worse than tied and possibly ahead, based on the margin of error. by Peter Lewis / October 27, 2008
Politics The freaky economics of a ride to Sea-Tac Airport (<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheasphotos/'>Shea Hazarian</a> / Creative Commons) by Peter Lewis / September 10, 2008