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Some 250 University Place coaches, parents, kids, senior citizens and others flooded City Hall on Monday night, pleading that popular recreation programs be saved from painful budget cuts.
A state task force on open records issues has agreed unanimously that the Legislature should create a new Office of Open Records that can sort out public-records disputes.
Even before Election Day, one thing is certain for the Tacoma City Council: There will be new blood.
WASHINGTON – A European aerospace company and its American partner say the Air Force is stacking the odds against them and favoring The Boeing Co. as it prepares to seek bids on a $35 billion contract to start replacing the nation’s fleet of aging aerial refueling tankers.
A budget dispute over health insurance for Pierce County Superior Court judges could wind up in court.
Jim Merritt’s campaign is fuming over an apparently illegal direct-mail political advertisement that showed up in the mailboxes of Northeast Tacoma homes late last week.
The Public Disclosure Commission has fined Pierce County auditor candidate Will Baker $300 for a repeat violation of state election laws. It suspended a separate $500 penalty for his most recent violation.
As they try to climb back from historically low numbers in the statehouse, Republicans are targeting the Legislature’s only Democrat from rural Eastern Washington in the marquee matchup among three legislative races on Tuesday’s ballot.
WASHINGTON – Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.
A political action committee for the state’s biggest public employees union recently bought a $15,000 television ad supporting at-large Tacoma City Council candidate Keven Rojecki, state campaign records show.
New numbers released by the federal government Friday estimate that the federal stimulus package has helped create or save 34,500 total jobs in Washington, making it the state with the third-largest reported number of stimulus jobs behind California and New York.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Norm Dicks said Friday he has been interviewed by the Office of Congressional Ethics, which is looking into his relationship with a once influential lobbying firm that the Justice Department is investigating for possible criminal violations.
News that this November’s Pierce County absentee ballot will cost an estimated 61 cents to mail has prompted some to wonder whether ballots with insufficient postage will be delivered and counted.
A Puyallup City Council candidate who touts his background in finance still owes the state for unemployment benefits he collected after starting a new job five years ago.
It’s that scary time of year again: Strangely dressed characters ringing your doorbell, phantom phone calls at all hours, pranksters pulling juvenile tricks on each other. Yes, Election Day is almost here. To keep up with the latest campaign scuttlebutt, check out The News Tribune’s Political Buzz blog at blog.thenewstribune.com/politics. Here are some recent posts from the blog.
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