2026-07-26
By The Seattle Times editorial board Let’s be clear: The Seafair community summer party is awesome. The Torchlight Parade, Alki Beach pirate landing, triathlon, Lake Union fireworks, Fleet Week. All good things. But can we talk about the Seafair Weekend Festival? Most folks around here know it as the annual appearance of the Navy’s Blue
2026-07-25
There are nearly 20,000 airports in the United States with more than 16 million flights handled by the FAA annually, the author writes. Pictured are travelers at Washington Dulles International Airport on May 22. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America/TNS) By Sheldon H. Jacobson Special to Tribune News Service The summer travel period is here, with
2026-01-18
By The Seattle Times editorial board It was the kind of announcement that makes for government worker nightmares. The Department of Commerce on Jan. 6 said that a “data entry” mistake had produced incorrect greenhouse gas emission-reduction numbers for the state’s centerpiece climate protection program. Wrong by several decimal points. Talk about egg on your face. Worse
2025-08-12
By Fred Felleman and Steve Metruck Special to The Seattle Times Change can be good in uncertain times — if we stay true to our core values. At Seattle’s core is our working waterfront. And the mayor and City Council have key roles to play in its future. Even while we continue to challenge the
2025-06-12
Our last post on funding Port Package updates (Three Votes. Three Dollars.) got many more letters than most. The reactions were everything from enthusiasm to sarcasm and in this year of the SAMP we think it’s time for a reality check. We recently picked up a new volunteer. That in itself is unusual these days.
2025-05-23
Some Trump Cabinet members have more important portfolios than Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, but the American public is bound to be particularly sensitive to the functioning of our transportation… (Ting Shen/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS)More By Michael Hiltzik Syndicated columnist Picking out the worst performer among President Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees is a tough job —
2024-08-02
All six of the Blue Angels fly in formation at the end of last year’s airshow. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times, 2023) By Breck Lebegue Special to The Seattle Times It’s time to salute and say goodbye to the Blue Angels at Seafair. Although we need skilled fighter pilots to defend our nation and
Students gather at Pier 62 for a march demanding response to the climate crisis. The global climate emergency, if not addressed, threatens every aspect of our way of life, the author writes. (Alan Berner / Alan Berner, 2021) Jeremy Ehrlich Special to The Seattle Times Progressive activists in Seattle can help set the national political
2023-08-21
By Mike Merritt Even as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport soars back toward record passenger volumes, the state’s rebooted effort to solve the region’s looming air-transportation crisis is getting a slow start out of the gate. The governor has yet to appoint anyone to the new Commercial Aviation Work Group (CAWG), a 19-member body authorized by the
By Gleb Tsipursky Special to The Times A recent survey of more than 10,000 global knowledge workers and their leaders shows the current concern of executives is over hybrid and remote work schedules, and something called “proximity bias,” a fear that those who choose to return to offices will get ahead, while those who stay