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"Based in Seattle, Crosscut is a guide to local and Northwest news, a place to report and discuss local news, and a platform for new tools to convey local news. The journalism of regular citizens appears alongside that of professionals. News coverage with detachment, traditionally practiced by mainstream media outlets, coexists with advocacy journalism and opinion."

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posted on
February 9th, 2010
from
Crosscut
based in
Seattle

A key value for charter schools: No empty promises made to kids

Charter schools are in the news again, with the Obama administration's Race to the Top funds being tied in part to ...

posted on
February 9th, 2010
from
Crosscut
based in
Seattle

Is a six-ounce steak worth $100?

The American steakhouse — that dimly lit, mahogany-paneled, mafia-chic hideout for fat cats, gangsters and their trophy molls — you'd think it would never fly in laid-back, egalitarian ...

posted on
February 8th, 2010
from
Crosscut
based in
Seattle

Are super-majorities in the legislature unconstitutional?

Majority rule, one-man-one-vote, blah, blah, blah. Tell it to Scott Brown, who made it clear well before he routed Democrat Martha Coakley for Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat that he'd give the Senat ...

posted on
February 8th, 2010
from
Crosscut
based in
Seattle

A Pyrrhic victory for school funding advocates?

Unless King County Judge John Erlick holds Gov. Chris Gregoire, Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, and Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown in contempt and orders them jailed, don’t expect read more about "A Pyrrhic victory for school..."

posted on
February 7th, 2010
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Crosscut
based in
Seattle

Humor: Republicans, in command, offer a sweeping agenda

As their party now controls the Senate with an insurmountable 41-59 minority, Republican leaders yesterday presented their legislative agenda for 2010 and asked Democrats to join them in crafting n ...