PierceGOP | January 26, 2011
By Phil Raschke, Lakewood – Letters to the Editor – The Suburban Times | 1-26-2011 I like Pierce Transit. What I don’t like is their huge operating expenses underwritten by taxpayers. The recent Pierce Transit mailer “Proposition 1 Facts and Info” notes only 17% of their costs are covered by fares. Nearly 80% of their [...]
News Team | January 26, 2011
Calvin Woodward, Associated Press-Finance | 1-25-2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — The ledger did not appear to be adding up Tuesday night when President Barack Obama urged more spending on one hand and a spending freeze on the other. Obama spoke ambitiously of putting money into roads, research, education, efficient cars, high-speed rail and other initiatives in [...]
News Team | January 25, 2011
Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal | 1-25-2011 House Budget Chairman Will Deliver Rebuttal to Obama, Craft Spending Cuts. When Rep. Paul Ryan delivers the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday, many viewers will get their first look at a man whom GOP leaders are trusting to manage a central [...]
PierceGOP | January 24, 2011
Wilcox takes first vote on budget FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, January 24, 2011 Today the Washington State House of Representatives voted on the first part of a supplemental budget, beginning to close the gap for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year which ends June 30. Rep. J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, heard in-depth about the majority [...]
News Team | January 24, 2011
Deanna Bellandi, Associated Press | 1-24-2011 CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois Appeals Court ruled Monday that former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s name can’t appear on the ballot for Chicago mayor because he didn’t live in the city in the year before the election. The court threw Mr. Emanuel’s candidacy into doubt a [...]
PierceGOP | January 24, 2011
Washington State Republican Party News Release: Kirby Wilbur Elected WSRP Chairman Bellevue – The Washington State Republican Party elected Kirby Wilbur to be its new State Chairman. Members of the Party’s State Committee and its County Chairmen overwhelmingly elected Wilbur to a two-year term that continues through the 2012 elections. Chairman Wilbur issued the following [...]
News Team | January 19, 2011
Foxnews.com | 1-19-2011 WASHINGTON — The newly muscular House Republicans voted Wednesday to overturn President Obama’s health care overhaul — a move that is largely symbolic because the Democratic-controlled Senate is poised to ignore it while Obama is certain to veto it should it somehow pass through Congress. The House passed the bill 245-189 with [...]
News Team | January 18, 2011
Sara Schilling, The News Tribune | 1-18-2011 The Puyallup City Council may be guaranteed some new faces in the near future. In a 6-1 vote tonight, the council gave initial approval to an ordinance that would impose 12-year term limits on council members. The new rule must be voted on once more before it takes [...]
News Team | January 18, 2011
Newsmax.com | 1-18-2011 PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Six more states said Tuesday they would join a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama’s healthcare overhaul, meaning more than half of the country will challenge the law. The announcement was made as House members in Washington, led by Republicans, debated whether to repeal the law. The six [...]
News Team | January 18, 2011
Manuel Valdes, Asoociated Press| 1-18-2011 OLYMPIA – Lawmakers were pressed Monday to quickly act on two bills that Gov. Chris Gregoire’s office says will save hundreds of millions of dollars for businesses and help spur the state’s economy. But labor organizations are opposing…… Read More