Hello friends! Hope you're enjoying your week. Due to lack of response, the meetup of Seattle-area subscribers to Cascadia Journal won't be happening this evening, Wed. Nov 12 at Stoup Brewing. I'm hoping to plan other get together in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver – so stay tuned here!
--Andrew
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Katie Wilson takes lead Seattle mayor's race by 91 votes After a new count of late-arriving ballots in the race for Seattle mayor yesterday, transit activist and labor organizer Katie Wilson took the lead over incumbent Bruce Harrell by just 91 votes – 133,469 to 133,378. Younger,
Hey there, paid supporter! Just a quick reminder Cascadia Journal is tentatively planning to host a meet-up in Seattle at Stoup Brewing on Capitol Hill this Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm. It's my way to say thank you and get to meet some my most dedicated readers.
Dems cave on shutdown, Cascadia senators vote no A record 40-day federal government shutdown will end after a group of right-leaning Democrats broke with their caucus to vote 60-40 to take steps to end the shutdown. Those Democrats did not gain an agreement on renewal of health care subsidies, meaning