POLITICAL NEWS: ► From AP — McKenna officially announces campaign to become first GOP governor since 1985 — Attorney General Rob McKenna formally entered Washington’s...
POLITICAL NEWS: ► In today’s Seattle Times — State AG McKenna to announce run for Governor — State Attorney General Rob McKenna will announce his...
HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS: ► In today’s Seattle Times — Boeing, Microsoft pledge $50 million as tuitions are set to shoot up — Microsoft and Boeing...
LOCAL NEWS: ► In the (Longview) Daily News —Union longshoremen rally at EGT Development offices in Portland — More than 1,000 union longshoremen and supporters...
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: ► At SeattlePI.com — Claws come out as community college faculty, students protest budget cuts — The new budget has community colleges losing...
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: ► In The Stranger — Screwing the pooch (and we’re the pooch) (By David Goldstein) — “I wish we did raise taxes,” said...
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Don’t cloud issue for voters (editorial) — A new initiative being pushed by a coalition of private...
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: ► In today’s News Tribune — Employers ‘hit jackpot’ with workers’ comp reform, leader says — This legislative session, business did “extraordinarily well,”...
THE WAR ON UNIONS: ► In today’s NY Times — Judge voids law curbing Wisconsin unions — Ruling that Republicans in the State Senate had...
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: ► In today’s Olympian — Senate OKs $32.2 billion state budget — The Senate voted 34-13 to give final approval to a $32.2...