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4:45 PM - The state Senate voted narrowly Tuesday to let tax increases pass on a simple majority vote, suspending the two-thirds requirement under voter-approved Initiative 960. The 26-23 vote moved the Democrat-controlled Legislature another step closer to being able to raise taxes as lawmakers work to plug a budget gap now measuring $2.2 billion.
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5:40 PM - Tacoma police and federal agents are cracking down the city’s oldest and one of its most violent street gangs, targeting 32 members accused in nearly two dozen violent crimes dating to mid-2008. The sweep against the Hilltop Crips included serving a series of early-morning search warrants today. Officers arrested 11 suspected gang members without incident and confiscated guns, drugs and stolen property.
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Reporter Craig Hill and columnist John McGrath will provide daily coverage of local athletes live from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C. starting Feb. 10
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Super Tuesday for the schools
That crunching noise you hear? It’s the sound of knuckle-cracking, teeth-gnashing and other signs of anxiety as officials and citizens in 13 South Sound school districts await the results of today’s levy and bond elections. Among the 13 districts, there’s more than $1 billion in tax revenue at stake.


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