Four candidates are highlighting their legal experience and qualifications in two races to fill both judge seats in Federal Way Municipal Court, which just months ago looked like it might be dissolved.

The state Supreme Court reasserted that judicial records are not public under state law in a ruling Thursday, rejecting a citizen’s request to obtain the correspondence of Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Michael Morgan.

The right to vote is priceless. But exercising that right in Pierce County this year may cost you 61 cents.

Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Michael Morgan violated state election laws when his city computer was used to post newspaper Web site items criticizing his opponents, the state Public Disclosure Commission alleges.

The News Tribune checked the background of all general election candidates for the Puyallup City Council and found no criminal history for four of the six.

When Federal Way voters decided against a strong, elected mayor proposal 19 months ago, the City Council was collectively silent.

A school bus was hit in a three-vehicle chain reaction crash in Belfair, but state troopers say the driver and students all escaped injury. According to a Washington State Patrol report, the bus driven by 52-year-old Lavada M. Ladenburg of Gig Harbor stopped to let off some students at 4:08 p.m. Wednesday. A 2006 Acura sedan stopped behind the bus and was rear-ended by a car driven by 40-year-old Patricia D. Selfridge of Belfair, and the Acura then hit the school bus. The driver of the Acura, 42-year-old Lori Sue Anderson of Allyn was taken to Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton for treatment of minor neck pain. Troopers wrote that Selfridge is under investigation for following another vehicle too closely.

Door entry logs, security camera footage and computer hard-drive records are among evidence being scrutinized by state Public Disclosure Commission investigators in a complaint against Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Michael Morgan.

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