The main reason is that we've seen costs for artists rising for many years. It's at a place where we need to be able to consolidate every single programming dollar we have in order to keep the talent level high and strong and to not minimize what we're trying to accomplish, which is [to] have the best festival in the country.

Commuter rail is a very ambitious endeavor. That is all the more reason we would want the Legislature to be involved in the process.

Interest in graphic novels has exploded, and for good reason ... A new generation of outstanding authors and artists is exploring the form in ways that reach far beyond traditional ideas of the comic book. And a new generation of readers raised on a visual world of movies, TV and video games have adopted the form as their own.

Pasco students are definitely participating (in the boycott). It appears that may be a major reason.

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

This property is part of the natural furniture ... that makes it the pristine river it is. That's the major reason a number of [environmentalists] oppose this rezoning. It's urbanizing a pristine river.