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Support Franklin Pierce, Auburn and Federal Way school measures

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published February 6th, 2012 - 1:02PM

It doesn’t take a financial genius to understand that there’s no better time than the present to get moving on construction projects: Interest rates are low, and contractors are eager for the work.

Voters must backfill local school districts’ funding gap

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published February 6th, 2012 - 1:00PM

As the Washington Supreme Court pointed out earlier this month, the state is failing in its “paramount duty” to amply fund education. The court ordered the state Legislature to figure out how to resolve that situation.

Ballot measures: Look who wants to buy your vote

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published November 5th, 2011 - 11:05PM

Ballot measures account for most of the action in this off-year election, including gargantuan media battles over a couple of them.

Our choices for University Place council, school board

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published October 20th, 2011 - 12:05AM

Change is coming to University Place, with at least two new faces on the City Council and one on the school board after the Nov. 8 election.

Our choices for Federal Way council, school board

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published October 19th, 2011 - 12:05AM

Federal Way voters have a lot to decide on their Nov. 8 ballot, with open positions on both the City Council and school board.

Our choices in Bonney Lake and Sumner council races

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published October 17th, 2011 - 12:05AM

The city councils in the neighboring cities of Bonney Lake and Sumner share the big problem facing many cities in Pierce County: how to keep providing services citizens expect in the face of declining revenues.

Proposition 1: A seamless, modern 911 system

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published October 16th, 2011 - 12:05AM

Suggestion: Read the article below, written by the Pierce County sheriff and a leader of the county’s fire commissioners.

Tacoma’s Initiative 1: An invitation to endorse pot

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published October 14th, 2011 - 12:05AM

Is Tacoma – a city with more cannabis dispensaries than pharmacies – really out to jail seriously ill patients whose doctors have recommended marijuana use?

Our choices for Bethel and Clover Park school boards

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published October 13th, 2011 - 12:05AM

Compared to all the drama in the Tacoma and Puyallup school districts lately, things have been quiet in Pierce County’s third- and fourth-largest districts, Bethel and Clover Park.

For Puyallup schools: Pasquier, Jenkins, Ihrig

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published October 12th, 2011 - 12:05AM

After the Nov. 8 election, the Puyallup School Board will have at least two newcomers. They’ll have to hit the ground running, because they’ll have a lot on their plate from Day 1.

I-1125 puts taxpayers on hook for local toll projects

Published October 11th, 2011 - 12:05AM

Tim Eyman makes his living selling initiatives, which means he’s got to churn them out regularly to keep his paydays coming. Some have contained the germs of good ideas; others have been folly incarnate.

Smitherman, Boe, Walker, Mello for Tacoma council

Published October 10th, 2011 - 12:05AM

Four seats on the Tacoma City Council are up for election Nov. 8. Three are easy calls for the incumbents; the fourth – to fill the open District 1 seat – is a little tougher.

I-1163: Can’t afford it, don’t need it, hurts the state

Published October 9th, 2011 - 12:05AM

If you think this is a good time for the state to spend millions of dollars it doesn’t have on something it doesn’t need, Initiative 1163 is your baby.

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