Staff and wire reports WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray will be the co-chairwoman of a powerful “supercommittee” charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall. The Washington Democrat was one of three named Tuesday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.…
Washington Sen. Patty Murray is being named to the national debt reduction supercommittee, according to unnamed sources quoted by Politico, the National Journal and the Associated Press. Murray's staff just confirmed it by sending out the press release from the office of Senate Majority Leader…
OLYMPIA -- We may have to stop calling Initiative 1183, the ballot measure that would get the state out of the wholesale land retail liquor business, "The Costco Initiative." The proposal now has another source of funding: Trader Joe's. Costco is by far and away…
It was bound to happen. Even a stock-trading baby can drop a bundle, so to speak, in a big downturn in the Dow.
Tax subsidies will flow to Kendall Yards even if the developer of the 78-acre project does not seek public bids on construction of streets, sewers and other public infrastructure. The Spokane City Council on Monday voted 6-1 to amend the tax-increment financing agreement it has…
What might be the most curious thing about the current City Council debate on water rates is the timing. Here the council is debating what may be the biggest political hot potato of the year even though ballots are sitting on kitchen tables ready to…
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