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
News Team | November 9, 2010
John Henrikson, TNT | 11-09-2010 Map the Vote: Murray vs. Rossi in Pierce County Is Pierce a blue county or a red county? The real answer lies not in countywide votes, but at the neighborhood level, where the political polarity is as dramatic as anywhere in the state. It ranges from midnight blue central Tacoma [...]
News Team | October 29, 2010
Curt Woodward. Associated Press | 10-29-2010 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Republicans hope to cut into Washington Democrats’ lopsided statehouse majorities in next week’s elections, perhaps even taking control of a chamber for the first time in six years. All 98 state House seats and 25 of 49 Senate seats are on the ballot this fall……Read More
News Team | September 8, 2010
John Boehner, House Republican Leader | 9-8-2010 Washington (Sep 8) – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today proposed a two-point plan for immediate, bipartisan action to get people working again. Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, Boehner said that President Obama’s recent economic proposals fall well short of what is needed to address the [...]
News Team | September 6, 2010
Carol M. Ostrom, Seattle Times | 9-6-2010 Whopping rate increases are coming soon for many people with individual health-insurance policies. Most insurers offering individual policies in the state have asked for and been granted rate increases, effective Oct. 1, according to the state’s insurance commissioner……. Read More
News Team | July 30, 2010
Joni Balter, The Seattle Times | 7-30-2010 For all the political analysts poring over Washington polling data, dissecting past voting behavior and contemplating aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns, one key geographical area looms large: Pierce County. Obviously, if you are the Big Thinker behind both U.S. Senate candidates likely to advance to the general election……. Read More
News Team | July 17, 2010
RasmussenReports.com | 7-16-2010 Washington’s Senate race looks increasingly like a referendum on incumbent Democrat Patty Murray with two Republican candidates edging past her this month. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Washington State finds Republican hopefuls Dino Rossi and Clint Didier both earning 48% support ……… Read More
News Team | June 30, 2010
Michael O’Brien, THE HILL.com | 6-30-2010 The top two House Republicans signed onto two petitions to force votes to repeal Democrats’ healthcare reform law in its entirety. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said they had signed onto discharge petitions set to be offered by members of their [...]
News Team | June 23, 2010
WDSU.com | 6-23-2010 Nungesser Pleads With President To Allow Work To Continue NEW ORLEANS — The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico. The berms are meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department [...]
News Team | June 22, 2010
Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk , Bloomberg | 6-22-2010 A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Drilling services shares jumped on the news. Obama temporarily halted all drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet on [...]