News Team | December 3, 2011
Lewis Kamb, TNT | 12-02-2011 Washington Republican Party Chairman Kirby Wilbur said today Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland should apologize for her recent remarks to a group of Pacific Lutheran University college students in which she called the GOP “racist.” Kirby WilburMarilyn Strickland “I think the appropriate thing for her to do would be to issue [...]
News Team | July 7, 2011
Brad Shannon, The Olympian | 7-07-2011 State Republican Party chairman Kirby Wilbur spoke to reporters this morning in Washington about a new Republican-paid ad airing in 50 states that attacks President Obama’s record on the economy. The Republican National Committee held press briefings with 13 states, including Washington. It and state Republican chairman Kirby Wilbur [...]
News Team | July 5, 2011
Peter Callaghan, TNT | 7-05-2011 There’s an idea floating around the fairly small circle of Pierce County Districting Committee followers that might either be a simple fix to a thorny problem or a controversial blending of politics and map making. What if the five-member districting committee took the final map submitted by Districting Master Steven [...]
News Team | June 26, 2011
Rob Gillies, Associated Press | 6-26-2011 CALGARY, Alberta – In the northern reaches of Alberta lies a vast reserve of oil that the U.S. views as a pillar of its future energy needs. China, with a growing appetite for oil that may one day surpass that of the U.S., is ready to spend the dollars [...]
News Team | May 4, 2011
Jordan Schrader, The Olympian | 5-4-2011 The state Senate today passed a resolution not exactly celebrating Osama Bin Laden’s death but “experiencing a sense of relief” that his days of planning terrorist attacks are over. Here’s the text of the resolution, which honors the military and intelligence agencies that helped bring about Bin Laden’s demise. [...]
News Team | March 23, 2011
Molly Line, Fox News | 3-23-2011 The price at the pump is painful, but the agony doesn’t end there. Faced with soaring shipping costs, food suppliers and manufacturers are raising prices. Now, a trip to the local supermarket can be as shocking as a stop at the gas station. According to the U.S. Labor Department, [...]
News Team | March 8, 2011
Rob McKenna, | 3-8-2011 Congressional supporters of the health reform act had plenty of warning that, however good its intentions, the bill was venturing into unprecedented legal ground. The accusations are as insidious as they are inaccurate. An e-mail was circulated earlier this month by a member of Congress accusing me of trying to “wipe [...]
News Team | March 4, 2011
Jordan Schrader, TNT | 3-4-2011 A vote today in the Legislature likely is a death warrant for Pierce County’s remaining polling places. A mandate for the state to vote entirely by mail eked 26-23 through the Senate, where similar proposals have foundered in the past. Republican opponents called it an attack on Pierce County, the [...]
News Team | March 3, 2011
Scott Lanman, Bloomberg | 3-3-2011 Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said a surge in U.S. government “activism,” including fiscal stimulus, housing subsidies and new regulations, is holding back the economic recovery. Increased bond issuance by the Treasury Department crowds out borrowers with the weakest credit ratings…… Read More
News Team | November 12, 2010
Brad Shannon, The Olympian | 11-12-2010 The 25th district legislative race between Democratic Rep. Dawn Morrell and Republican Hans Zeiger moved to a razor close 18-vote margin after ballot counting this afternoon in Tacoma. That’s well within the range for a mandatory recount……Read More