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The last week of the year between Christmas and January 1 is often one of reflection – and short staffs due to vacation time – at most mainstream media outlets. You tend to see a lot of pre-packaged stories that seem like analysis, but are actually just a regurgitation of what’s been written earlier in … Continued

The holiday season is in full swing as we reach the end of another work week. Heading into the Christmas weekend, the Shift team has a few loose ends to wrap up before we finish our shopping. First, we finally feature a couple of articles today that were originally written Tuesday, but which somehow disappeared … Continued

It seems that plenty of folks must be getting some last-minute Christmas shopping done during the work day this week, judging from the lack of returned emails and phone calls here at Shift. And, we must admit – and you may have noticed – that we’ve missed writing a few of our daily stories as … Continued

Well, now that the Electoral College electors have survived anonymous phone calls from across the country, and did what everyone expected them to do in their every-four-years ritual (re-affirm the election of a new president), we can turn back to more typical activities here at Shift. So, even though today is not a Throwback Thursday, … Continued

Danger – steep taxes ahead! That’s the message in today’s Shift, if Jay “I will veto tax increases” Inslee has his way. Turns out that once the votes are in, it’s safe for Jay to start proposing the tax increases he said were bad during the campaign. How does $4 billion over the next two … Continued

We’re into the 12 days before Christmas, and it turns out that one of the items that King County Democrats wanted was “one new State Senator who wasn’t selected by her district”. So, Shift has a couple items on that controversial selection, including one that points out that some reporters don’t seem to focus too … Continued

It came down to a penalty shootout on Sunday, but Seattle walked away from this weekend with another major championship under their belts when the Sounders won their first MLS Cup championship. Congratulations are to the Seattle Sounders for their win! However, while we have a reason to celebrate the hard-working athletes who make up … Continued

It’s Friday, so we must be funny, and that means talking about City of Seattle politics. In our feature today, we ask you to let us know which of the recent city policies Shift has covered tickles your funny bone the most – enjoy our survey. Many would also find humorous the fact that the … Continued

Two stories about how mis-managed Seattle is top Shift today. Both are ongoing themes, about the city’s over-regulation tendencies and its broken public schools. Uber and other ride-share companies are finding out where they are on the city council’s priority list – and it’s well below the unions who fund Democrat campaigns. And the Seattle … Continued

On this “date which will live in infamy”, Shift salutes our veterans. And gives a different kind of “salute” – of the one-fingered variety – to one of the state’s most obnoxious liberal activist groups – Fuse – for deciding that this was a day for political posturing, not remembering the sacrifices of those who … Continued

It’s said that the only certain things in life are death and taxes. Here in the Puget Sound area we might add a third certainty – Sound Transit officials always want more. So, in today’s Shift, we look a few of the ways that Sound Transit is looking to make traffic congestion worse and your … Continued

There is snow on the ground (sort of) in the Puget Sound area, after about a week of our region’s weather forecasters breathlessly predicting a “snow event.” Just as predictable, from the Shift team point of view, are three stories we wrote about today: 1. Seattle Public Schools is facing a deficit, but it’s not … Continued