Median Cost of a Seattle Home Is More Than Half a Million Dollars: That's an almost $100,000 increase over the last year, and the biggest jump in the past five years. "The number of available homes for sale has been at historic lows in recent months," the Seattle Times reports, "helping drive up prices." Insert boilerplate pro-density rhetoric here.

Ramping Up Enforcement of the Minimum Wage Law: "Wage theft is happening right now," Karina Bull, the interim director of the city's Office of Labor Standards, tells KUOW in a call for more investigations. Heidi Groover reported on the "half-formed" city unit charged with enforcing the city's new minimum wage over here.

Warren Buffet's Investment Firm Responds to "Preying on the Poor" Exposé: The original investigation into Buffett's foray into mobile home construction, if you missed it, is here. Berkshire Hathaway has come out with a response, which the Center for Public Integrity breaks down and compares to the facts, including my personal favorite: Berkshire Hathaway claims its mobile home building company was praised by the New York Times for ethical practices; in fact, that claim came from an op-ed contributor with a history of writing pro-Buffett pablum.

State Senate Passes Republican Budget on Party Line Vote: The vote was 26-23. The budget proposal doesn't raise taxes to fund education, the Olympian reports. “We have the most unfair tax structure in the country," said Senate Democratic Leader Sharon Nelson. "That broken system was reinforced today."

Here's the Bike Infrastructure Plan for the Next Five Years: The city will build "7.5 miles of protected bike lanes and 12.6 miles of neighborhood greenways," Seattle Bike Blog reports. (Folks in the northeast part of the city have one question about some of those bike lanes, and the lack of connection between them.)

Dangerous Oil Trains Must Be Fixed Now: That's according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which says that after a spate of oil train derailments and explosions, "a decade-long retrofit timeline" preferred by the rail industry is unacceptable. "The longer we wait, the more we expose the public to the problems of these cars," said NTSB chairman Christopher Hart, reports the AP.

Brontosaurus Is a Legit Dinosaur Name Again! "In a new study," reports Vocativ, "paleontologists confirm that the 30-ton sauropod of Flintstones fame is both a distinct genus and species, ending a long argument. It’s an exciting day for dinosaur enthusiasts everywhere—stalwarts who have suffered too long under the oppressive reign of the long-necked Apatosaurus." Yass!

Michelle Obama Has Some Sick Moves: Here she is celebrating the fifth anniversary of her "Let's Move!" campaign against childhood obesity.