News Team | January 17, 2011
Rep. Hans Zeiger, R-Puyallup, today gave a speech in support of House Resolution 4601, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Below is a transcript of Zeiger’s floor speech. “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a great honor for me to give my first speech in this Chamber on this occasion. [...]
News Team | January 17, 2011
Katie Schmidt, The Olympian | 1-17-2011 Good morning. Today is Monday, the eighth day of the 105-day session. “That’s very real. There’s a very real sense that in difficult times like now, we’re all in this together and the public really expects us not to focus on our partisan differences…… Read More
News Team | January 17, 2011
Jordan Schrader, TNT Political Buzz | 1-17-2011 Good morning on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and on the eighth day of the 105-day session. There was no formal legislative activity over the weekend. This week, expect negotiations to continue over the remaining budget shortfall in the current fiscal year. Lawmakers passed…… Read More
News Team | January 17, 2011
Staff Writer, The News Tribune | 1-17-2011 People living in a 1,860-acre area of unincorporated Pierce County near Bonney Lake may have to wait a while to vote on joining the plateau city. Pierce County has invoked jurisdiction and called for a hearing of the Boundary Review Board, essentially putting the brakes on an annexation [...]
News Team | January 15, 2011
Sam Hananel, Associated Press | 1-14-2011 WASHINGTON – The National Labor Relations Board on Friday threatened to sue Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah over constitutional amendments guaranteeing workers the right to a secret ballot in union elections……. Read More
News Team | January 14, 2011
Special interest groups in Pierce County have united in an effort to push the transit tax to the highest level allowed by law. Pierce Transit and the unions they support are waging a war against your wallet in what may be the most audacious tax grab of 2011. Proposition 1 will be on the February [...]
News Team | January 14, 2011
Peter Callaghan, TNT Political Buzz | 1-14-2011 One day after a Senate committee went behind closed doors for what was dubbed a “joint caucus,” Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown said the practice would not reoccur…… Read More
News Team | January 11, 2011
Molly K Hooper, The Hill | 1-11-2011 Several 2012 presidential hopefuls will address House Republican lawmakers at their annual retreat this weekend. President Obama wasn’t invited. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) are among a handful of Republicans set to address House GOP lawmakers at their annual retreat this [...]
News Team | January 4, 2011
Peter Callaghan, TNT Political Buzz | 1-04-2011 The leaders of the House and Senate Republican caucuses tapped former members of the Washington state Legislature to represent the GOP on the commission that will draw congressional and legislative lines. But the Senate appointee has a much-longer political resume than that. Former U.S. senator and former state [...]
News Team | January 4, 2011
Washington State House Republicans | 1-04-2011 The House Republican Caucus today announced its committee assignments for the 2011 and 2012 legislative sessions, including ranking (lead) Republicans committees. They will be…… Read More