Commentary: Selectively camera shy?

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

The Divide: Hello, transparency!

This week on “The Divide”: Starting this session, state lawmakers will have to turn over documents just like any other elected leader.

Commentary: Head Tax Round 2?

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

The Divide: New Year, New Session

This week on “The Divide”: We look ahead to the 2020 legislative session and hear from lawmakers on both sides about their priorities.

The Divide: Crisis at the courthouse

This week on “The Divide”: Come along with Seattle police for an up-close look at safety concerns outside the King County Courthouse.

Commentary: Teen vs. Trump

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

The Divide: Tim Eyman vs. Bob Ferguson

This week on “The Divide”: Former Attorney General Rob McKenna weighs in on the legal drama playing out over $30 car tabs.Also: How do you feel about impeachment?

Commentary: The Heck with it

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

Commentary: Car Tab Chaos

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

Commentary: Eyman for governor?

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

The Divide: Election interference?

This week on “The Divide”: A controversy in Snohomish County has some voters crying election interference.Also: How would a small town police chief solve big city problems?

Commentary: Politicians and the press

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

The Divide: Election 2020

This week on “The Divide”: Governor Jay Inslee makes his “Divide” debut to discuss his reelection campaign and the $30 car tab debacle.Plus: In our new segment, "How about this?" we look at ways to improve upon Tacoma's new gun and ammo tax.Also: Some Seattle leaders don't seem to understand the role of the press.Watch the full episode:

Brandi Kruse: Seattle has decided what kind of city it wants to be – for better or worse

SEATTLE – "Amazon Tests 'Soul of Seattle,'" The New York Timesexclaimed in a late-October headline, detailing the company’s $1.45 million money dump into a political action committee trying to send a slate of business-friendly candidates to the second floor of City Hall.Two years earlier, The Times ran an editorial by Seattle-based writer Timothy Egan.

Commentary: Democracy for sale?

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.

The Divide: Election Aftermath

This week on “The Divide”: After voters passed I-976, approving $30 car tabs, local governments have moved to sue.

The Divide: Money & Politics

This week on “The Divide”: Amazon's big spending in local city council races raises eyebrows.

Commentary: Safer Skies

SEATTLE — Each week on “The Divide,” Brandi Kruse offers a commentary that looks for common ground on issues dividing Americans.