There’s nothing funnier than a good April Fools’ spoof. We’ve done some memorable ones at this paper over the years. But right now, reality is giving fiction a pretty comical run for its money in Seattle. So we’re taking a tip from the Uptight Seattleite and ...

State budget cuts could hit I-90 light rail Seattle Times, United States As they look for budget cuts, state lawmakers are backing out of their earlier $29 million commitment to help Sound Transit build light rail across the Interstate 90 Floating Bridge. By Mike Lindblom As they look for budget cuts, state lawmakers are ...

Back in January I speculated about the future of the Seattle P-I's famous Globe. Some at the paper (like Joel Connelly) were irritated that I was speculating before the paper's heart had stopped beating. But another reporter at the paper asked me if it was true that the Museum of History and Industry had a pre-arranged agreement with owner Hearst Corp. about who would get custody of the Globe. I talked with MOHAI and found no such arrangement had been made, though the museum already has the P-I's original neon sign and the paper's photo archives. MOHAI's Leonard ...

Eastside light rail: yes, but where? Seattle Post Intelligencer Owners of businesses and homes along some proposed routes told Sound Transit's board Thursday that the line should go elsewhere; Bellevue business owners and city officials agreed on the need for a tunnel through their downtown, but not on the type or ...

OLYMPIA -- As the state House gets ready to release its transportation budget, House Speaker Frank Chopp says contrary to published reports, he's not softening on the deep bore tunnel idea.

The meeting of the citizen advisory committee is set for next Thursday in Gig Harbor.

The state Transportation Commission is looking at a possible increase in tolls paid by motorists who have transponders, to $3.25 from $2.75 for a standard toll, for a 2-axle vehicle. (An axel is a figure-skating move. Thought I'd share that. I just learned it myself.)

Tolls paid at the toll booth would stay at $4.

Randy Boss, self-appointed bridge watchdog from Gig Harbor, has suggested the state instead consider hiking the toll booth tolls to $5 and leaving the $2.75 transponder toll where ...