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    Articles by Nina Shapiro
    On August 21, a Renton woman named Nestora Salgado was taken to
    On August 21, a Renton woman named Nestora...
    By Nina Shapiro • December 16, 2013 3:36 pm

    On August 21, a Renton woman named Nestora Salgado was taken to prison in Mexico. Twenty Army trucks arrived to…

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    A common post in Seattle.
    When local venture capitalist Nick Hanauer laid out...
    By Nina Shapiro • December 16, 2013 9:43 am

    When local venture capitalist Nick Hanauer laid out his “capitalist’s case” for a $15 minimum wage just six months ago,…

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    A side-by-side comparison showing how Arctic apples, left, brown more slowly than regular apples.
    One winter, 14 years ago, a British Columbia...
    By Nina Shapiro • December 12, 2013 1:05 pm

    One winter, 14 years ago, a British Columbia farmer named Neal Carter took his family on vacation to the Middle…

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    A beautiful new community center and pool opened a few months ago
    A beautiful new community center and pool opened...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 26, 2013 12:43 pm

    A beautiful new community center and pool opened a few months ago in Rainier Beach, and on a recent day…

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    Teaching at First Place, which hopes to become a charter school.
    Even as the state passed a key milestone...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 25, 2013 12:58 pm

    Even as the state passed a key milestone for green-lighting charter schools on Friday, a judge heard arguments in a…

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    Former banker Sharon Nelson, named head of the state Senate’s Democratic caucus
    Former banker Sharon Nelson, named head of the...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 21, 2013 4:51 pm

    Former banker Sharon Nelson, named head of the state Senate’s Democratic caucus yesterday, is starting off her reign with an…

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    Since the state opened its application process for marijuana business licenses on
    Since the state opened its application process for...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 20, 2013 12:37 pm

    Since the state opened its application process for marijuana business licenses on Monday, the forms have been streaming in. On…

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    Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, calls it
    Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 18, 2013 1:03 pm

    Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, calls it “the dark matter of the Internet world.” It’s…

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    A scene from the 2012 Seattle Medical Cannabis CupPhoto by: Andrew Imanaka
    Whatever else it is, marijuana is now a...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 13, 2013 4:36 pm

    Whatever else it is, marijuana is now a business, as evident from our cover story this week. The pot entrepreneurs…

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    Alex Cooley's Solstice, located in SoDo, was the first company to secure a city permit for a marijuana operation. It now grows cannabis for medical patients, but Cooley is aggressively seeking to enter the recreational market.
    For people who want to start a legal...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 13, 2013 9:15 am

    For people who want to start a legal marijuana business, if it’s not now or never, it’s something close to…

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    Chris Walla
    Obamacare has possibly its first celebrity enrollee and...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 11, 2013 2:42 pm

    Obamacare has possibly its first celebrity enrollee and evangelist: Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla. The 38-year-old indie rock guitarist,…

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    Shy Sadis and Derek Anderson take a break from their real-estate hunt.
    For people who want to start a legal...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 7, 2013 5:36 pm

    For people who want to start a legal marijuana business, if it’s not now or never, it’s something close to…

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    Neal Carter
    Washington’s fight over GMO labeling is over—for now—...
    By Nina Shapiro • November 7, 2013 2:11 pm

    Washington’s fight over GMO labeling is over—for now— but the broader battle over genetic engineering itself continues as fiercely as…

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    The UW's Beatriz Carlini
    Here’s a sign of the times: The state...
    By Nina Shapiro • October 31, 2013 2:01 pm

    Here’s a sign of the times: The state Attorney General’s office recently gave a $110,000 grant related to marijuana. Announced…

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    Chuck Benbrook
    Just in time for the vote on GMO...
    By Nina Shapiro • October 24, 2013 12:49 pm

    Just in time for the vote on GMO labeling Initiative 522, a European group is bucking the notion that there…

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    Here’s a question that follows the radical reworking of medical marijuana regulations
    Here’s a question that follows the radical reworking...
    By Nina Shapiro • October 22, 2013 3:47 pm

    Here’s a question that follows the radical reworking of medical marijuana regulations proposed yesterday by a state working group comprised…

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    Teaching at First Place, which hopes to become a charter school.
    Early Monday morning, Spokane resident Brenda McDonald caught...
    By Nina Shapiro • October 22, 2013 9:46 am

    Early Monday morning, Spokane resident Brenda McDonald caught a flight, slightly delayed by the October fog, for an 8 o’clock…

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    Early Monday morning, Spokane resident Brenda McDonald caught a flight, slightly delayed
    Early Monday morning, Spokane resident Brenda McDonald caught...
    By Nina Shapiro • October 22, 2013 9:35 am

    Early Monday morning, Spokane resident Brenda McDonald caught a flight, slightly delayed by the October fog, for an 8 o’clock…

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    Don’t bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to Portland, Maine.Last
    A few months ago, I talked with the...
    By Nina Shapiro • October 17, 2013 12:57 pm

    A few months ago, I talked with the longtime owner of a plant nursery in the Seattle area. Over the…

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    Mock-up of label required by I-522.
    Here’s the shame of GMO labeling Initiative 522:...
    By Nina Shapiro • October 16, 2013 12:47 pm

    Here’s the shame of GMO labeling Initiative 522: that all the money poured into the campaigns—nearly $22 million so far—hasn’t…

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