News for the New Year

Hi there! Hope your holidays were all festive and that you got to enjoy the clear weather we've had for most of the last couple weeks. But getting back to our regular routine, here are some top stories from the Seattle Times & PI.

Four plans have been proposed for the voter approved shrinkage of the King County Council. There's still time to attend one of the two remaining redistricting meetings.

Rossi's team gets fresh hope over what they claim are glaring inconsistencies, though county level election workers disagree.

'Temporary' King County taxes designed to pay for upgrading Seattle's sporting facilities could be made permanent if the professional sport franchises get their way.

Controversy is rising over the Alberto Gonzalez torture memo, wherein the current nominee for US Attorney General attempted to legally justify torture. The memo is part of the chain of evidence linking the abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay directly back to the White House.

The founder of VoteHere, an election auditing company, writes an editorial on vote security.

IAEA finds evidence of a nuclear research program in Egypt.

Walmart's unhealthy relationship with its workers and community.

The year ahead for Microsoft.