Slog AM: Democrats Pass Inflation Reduction Act, Hot Weather Continues, and Ann Davison's Friend Made a Splash at CPAC

A Potent, Strange Celebration of Movies is Brewing in North Bend

The Fifth Annual North Bend Film Festival is Bringing in Some Heavy Hitters

How Hard Could It Be to Ref a Second Grade Basketball Game?

Locally Made Short Film the Ref Explores the Many Surprising Difficulties

DOH Disputes Report of Washington Leaving Monkeypox Vaccine on the Table

Also, We're Calling Monkeypox "MPV" Now

Slog AM: King County Housing Authority Gets Sued, Mayor's Office Seeks More Public Input on SPD Chief Search, Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Washington’s Hottest (and Most Expensive) State Legislative Race

Kitsap Contest Pits Democrat vs the Legislature’s Biggest Brat

Ballot Drop Update

Matt Larkin Pulls Slightly Ahead of Reagan Dunn, Republicans in Disarray in Covington

Slog PM: Seattle Pacific University under Investigation for Homophobic Discrimination, 16 Dead in Kentucky Flood, and Starbucks Strike Worked

Seattle Turns Cops Into Abortion Protectors

Sawant Bill Prohibits Cops from Processing Arrest Warrants for Abortions

Seattle Ends Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers During a COVID-19 Surge (Again)

Very Progressive Vote from a Very Progressive Council

Racial Equity Advocates Like Seattle’s Newly Proposed Political Boundaries. Magnolia Residents Do Not.

Splitting “Historically Important” Magnolia Could Weaken Conservative Political Power

Portland Label Launches Major Reissue for Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

They’re One of America’s Most Extraordinary—and Effortlessly Weird—Rock Bands

Slog PM: Meet Seattle's New Transit Guy, a Plane Nearly Crashed Into West Seattle, and Sewer Rats Are Not the Latest Monkeypox Concern, Depite What You've Heard

Slog PM: Dick's Fries May Taste a Lil' Different, GameWorks Reopens Downtown, Alex Jones Is Fucked

Lieutenant Uhura and the Death of American Progress

On Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols Inhabited a Hopeful Future. It Has Not Come to Pass

Slog AM: Not Even a Red Drip on Election Night, Socialists Make No Gains in Congressional Races, Abortion Rights Win Big in Red Kansas

Slog AM: Minimum Wage Still Not Enough, Social Housing Initiative Loses Steam, and Poor Communities Have Higher Rates of Incarceration

Slog AM: Here Comes Cooler Weather, Kentucky Is Underwater, and It's Every Horse's Birthday