STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Sunday’s Seattle Times — Companies enjoying tax breaks should ‘give three’ percent back (Danny Westneat column) — The union said: You’re...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Sunday’s Olympian — State tax ideas pop up — Plenty of advocates are lining up with tax and revenue ideas –...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Gregoire outlines grim choices for budget cuts — For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Chris...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Union opposes governor’s suggestion to cut benefits — Gov. Chris Gregoire’s budget director, Marty Brown, sent a...
ELECTION ► In today’s Seattle Times — Tim Eyman’s secret war on light rail (Danny Westneat column) — Putting light rail across the I-90 bridge...
ELECTION ► At SeattlePI.com — Poll shows Initiative 1125 losing support — “After gaining ground over the summer, support for I-1125 dropped from 56% in...
CONNECT THE DOTS ► In today’s NY Times — Obama’s jobs plan is blocked again by Senate Republicans — For the second time in 10...
PUBLIC LAYOFFS ► In today’s Seattle Times — State estimates 18,400 jobs lost in September, but jobless rate declines — About 10,800 of the jobs...
ELECTION ► UPDATE: Today from the Seattle Times — Costco’s $22 million sets record for initiative spending — Costco Wholesale has dumped another $8.9 million...
LOCAL ► In today’s Bellingham Herald — Intalco to train replacement workers in event of strike — Three days after the expiration of their contract,...