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What were the most important Capitol Hill stories in 2025? Choose as many as you like or add your own
(Required.)
Grocery store worries
Transportation projects
CHOP trial
Hot Rat Summer
Savage Citizens
Wilson wins
Parks problems
Giant exits (Roastery, Whole Foods, Redhook)
Broadway Crisis Care Center
Pike/Pine gun violence
Food+drink shutdowns (Mamnoon, Stateside, Plum)
Cal Anderson protest crackdown
Other (please specify)
Are you generally more or less optimistic about the year ahead?
(Required.)
Less optimistic
Same as it ever was
More optimistic
My street
Less optimistic
Same as it ever was
More optimistic
My neighborhood
Less optimistic
Same as it ever was
More optimistic
My city
Less optimistic
Same as it ever was
More optimistic
My state
Less optimistic
Same as it ever was
More optimistic
My nation
Less optimistic
Same as it ever was
More optimistic
My planet
Less optimistic
Same as it ever was
More optimistic