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Meeting ends when three Fircrest City Council members walk out

Published September 23rd, 2009 - 9:55PM

It may not go down in history as the great Fircrest walkout of 2009, but the hasty exit of three City Council members Tuesday night was still causing a buzz Wednesday in the city of 6,300 people.

Bridge rehab in Tacoma will start with cables

Published December 18th, 2008 - 1:58AM

The Murray Morgan Bridge should have a new set of cables by summer.

Tacoma police in line for big raises in 2009

Published December 8th, 2008 - 11:01PM

Tacoma police will get a hefty raise in 2009. A proposed labor contract with Tacoma’s rank-and-file police officers calls for a 6.2 percent wage hike next year, and sets the stage for a move to 12-hour shift schedules in 2010.

Results are in: 63 percent disliked Ranked Choice Voting

Published December 6th, 2008 - 12:05AM

Pierce County spent a lot of money on a new voting method for a few county offices in November’s election, and most voters didn’t like it a bit.

State Republicans expecting larger say in budget decisions

Published December 6th, 2008 - 12:05AM

Republicans in Washington state are used to shouting into the wind.

Parking scofflaws, your time is up in Tacoma

Published December 1st, 2008 - 12:07AM

Nan Hogan was tired of seeing able-bodied people park in spaces reserved for handicapped drivers and then vault out of a “high-rise” pickup or SUV. Hogan, a Tacoma woman who suffered a stroke in 2002, really needs those spaces, which are often closest to a shop’s front door.

Some City of Tacoma workers underpaid, study says

Published November 20th, 2008 - 12:05AM

More than half the nonunion job titles at the City of Tacoma come with pay scales that top out below market levels, according to preliminary results of a major study presented Wednesday.

South Sound cities nip, tuck budgets

Published November 12th, 2008 - 12:30AM

University Place proposes cutting eight full-time positions in 2009. Among them: a traffic police officer, a building inspector and recreation supervisor.

Tacoma plans no cuts to service, jobs

Published November 12th, 2008 - 12:30AM

The City of Tacoma plans to tap $13.9 million from savings during the 2009-10 biennium, according to a draft budget under consideration by the City Council.