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Rep. Sawyer picked to help kids with disabilities
With a boost from House Speaker Frank Chopp, state Rep. David Sawyer of Tacoma is in line to help provide intervention and services to better the lives of infants and...
Unemployment rate remains at 6.8%, the lowest since late 2008
The Employment Security Department released its June report yesterday and the news is that we’re doing well. Paul Turek, a labor economist for the ESD put it this way: “It’s...
”We’re NOT No. 1! We’re NOT No.1!”
Hey, fitness and health-care fans: The USA has fallen out of first place in the latest Earthwide obesity standings. (Yes, the anti-bragging rights for this non-honor were saddled on Uncle...
Oops, we did it again
Well, it happened again. As often as our critics try to label our caucus policies as “job killers” and bad for small business, yet ANOTHER publication has given Washington some...
Making Washington roadways safer
Three years ago, Frank Blair received the news that is every parent’s nightmare. In the middle of the night, a police officer knocked on his door and told him that...
Landmark education investment already making a difference for kids
In January 2012, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that found the state has not complied with its constitutional duty to fully fund basic education for...
Boeing 777X a “project of statewide significance?”
The Legislature created the “Project of Statewide Significance” designation in 1997 to give certain high-importance projects an expedited permitting process, but to date it has never been used. Governor Inslee...
Who says Washington state is great for jobs? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, that’s who!
Washington state is a great place for business. That’s the conclusion of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which ranked all 50 states and consistently put the Evergreen State among the...
Puyallup Fair no more?
Planning on Doing The Puyallup this year? Well, you can’t… not exactly, since it has a new name. While Doing The Washington State doesn’t have the same ring to it...
WHEN a bill becomes a law
We all know how a bill becomes law, and if we need a refresher, there’s a useful little cartoon summary posted on the Legislature’s web site. (NOTE: Any resemblance of...