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Published October 28th, 2009 - 12:05AM
No union likes having its back against the wall, but that seems to be where the Machinists union stands right now on the question of keeping 787 Dreamliner production in Washington.
Published October 27th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Kerry Killinger said he wanted to create the Wal-Mart of banks. He attempted to do it in a curious way, by ruining the very customers he said he wanted to serve.
Published October 27th, 2009 - 12:05AM
In 2004, Washington Secretary of Sam Reed was at the center of the firestorm created by one of the closest gubernatorial races in U.S. history. Two recounts, multiple lawsuits and six months later, Reed – a Republican – declared that Democrat Chris Gregoire had beaten Republican Dino Rossi by 133 votes out of nearly 3 million cast.
Published October 26th, 2009 - 12:05AM
That didn’t take long.
Published October 25th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The theory behind Initiative 1033 – tying the growth of government to the growth of population, plus inflation – strikes us as sound. What worries us is the impact of its peculiarities.
Published October 22nd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Sumner’s citizens will find two city contests on their Nov. 3 ballots. They’ll also find the luxury of four decent candidates in those contests.
Published October 22nd, 2009 - 12:05AM
There’s just no polite way to put this: The state Supreme Court blew it.
Published October 21st, 2009 - 12:05AM
Leaders of the Port of Tacoma, including Executive Director Tim Farrell, have blamed the global recession for the failure of the massive NYK terminal project. The story turns out to be far more complicated – and far less flattering for the port.
Published October 21st, 2009 - 12:05AM
Lakewood voters are particularly fortunate this election cycle for two reasons.
Published October 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The races for Federal Way school board took on additional significance last week when Superintendent Tom Murphy, a respected 20-year veteran of the district, announced his retirement.
Published October 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
A funny thing happened to the Pierce County auditor’s office in the two years since citizens voted to make it nonpartisan: It seems to have become more partisan than ever.
Published October 19th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The Bethel School District gets the prize for having, if not the most vigorous school board campaigns, at least the oddest. It’s remarkable that the races are even contested.
Published October 18th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The campaigns for and against the three proposed Pierce County charter amendments both seem to be operating on the KISS principle: “Keep it simple, stupid.”
Published October 16th, 2009 - 12:05AM
In University Place, one issue overshadows this election: the achingly slow progress of Town Center, the public/private development on Bridgeport Way the City Council envisions as a way to expand the tax base.
Published October 16th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Last year, voters in Federal Way rejected – by a hefty 10 percent margin – a proposal to give the city a strong-mayor form of government.
Published October 15th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Tacoma voters could change the direction of city government this election, with a majority of the nine-member City Council potentially at stake.
Published October 14th, 2009 - 12:05AM
If no news is good news, then Federal Way is in good shape. The only real hot-button issue there is whether the city should adopt a strong-mayor form of government. Voters will weigh in on that issue Nov. 3.
Published October 13th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The firestorm surrounding Referendum 71, which would keep the state’s everything-but-marriage law, is a two-pronged debate. There’s what the law does, and what might come next.
Published October 13th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Few local governments have weathered the economic downtown as well as Bonney Lake, thanks in large part to growth in recent years that fueled tax revenues and allowed the city to build up a comfortable rainy day fund.
Published October 12th, 2009 - 12:05AM
At this point, Barack Obama – president and now Nobel laureate – lacks only canonization as a saint.
Published October 11th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Tacoma’s mayoral contest this year poses the kind of dilemma we wish every race offered: two candidates so good that it is hard to pick between them.
Published October 9th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The nation could be on the verge of a serious swine flu crisis – one that could strain the health system’s ability to cope with it. But many parents and health professionals are reacting to the pandemic with little more than a ho-hum and a shoulder shrug.
Published October 9th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The races for Tacoma school board won’t be decided for another month, yet there’s already been an upset.
Published October 8th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The blows to the Port of Tacoma just keep on coming.
Published October 8th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Federal Way’s municipal court has been troubled for too many years now. With any luck, it should be a healthier institution after election day.
Published October 7th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Vengeance will be Dale Washam’s, or so it would appear from the details of a union complaint alleging unfair work practices.
Published October 6th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Guess what happens when a global flu pandemic meets sick leave rules straight out of the world of Charles Dickens?
Published October 6th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Pierce Transit and Wilson High School aren’t to blame for the senseless, cruel beating of a medically fragile boy by another boy on the No. 16 bus. But they share responsibility for the disturbing aftermath.
Published October 5th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Tim Farrell, executive director of the Port of Tacoma, was at the center of the Port of Tacoma’s attempt to create a massive terminal for NYK Line on the Blair Waterway. He naturally wants to put the collapse of that project in the best possible light.
Published October 4th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Outrage over psychotic killer Phillip Paul’s three-day getaway last month is rare political currency. Expect state lawmakers to find a way to spend it.
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