In a coup for incumbent superintendent of public instruction Terry Bergeson, the state Labor Council endorsed her yesterday at the group's annual convention in Vancouver. The state teachers' union, the Washington Education Association, is supporting a challenger, Randy Dorn.(Locally, the Labor Council also endorsed legislative…
State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, is chronicling her travels to the Philippines and China on this blog.Under a post entitled "They Called Me Brave," Roach recounts seeing military maneuvers during a pre-China visit to the Philippines:The military was walking down the street. I didn't think…
More on why endorsements are rarely news:The Association of Washington Business recently announced its "automatic endorsements" for incumbent lawmakers, based on their voting records.All 35 lawmakers listed had something in common: Every single one is a Republican.Then yesterday, Planned Parenthood Votes! Washington (yes, the exclamation…
Gov. Chris Gregoire is running two new TV ads, both tailored to Eastern Washington voters.Both tout jobs and Gregoire's work hashing out an agreement to slightly draw down Lake Roosevelt in order to provide more water for farmers, municipalities and -- in unusually dry years…
Gov. Chris Gregoire is calling on state agency heads, colleges and other statewide elected officials to stop filling new staff vacancies and to cut the gasoline used by state vehicles, among other budget-trimming moves."Even though Washington's economy remains healthy, a weakening national economy has affected…
The state Commission on Judicial Conduct today decided to censure -- or officially call on the carpet for a in-person reprimand -- former Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Collen Hartl.Hartl violated the code of judicial conduct, both sides agreed, when she had a sexual encounter…
Staff writer Carley Dryden has a story today about the Whitman County city of Pullman possibly following in Seattle's footsteps and instituting a 20-cents-each tax on plastic shopping bags.Washington State University professor Elizabeth Siler's promoting the idea, after counting 55 plastic bags littering a stretch…
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