News Team | April 7, 2012
Mike Baker, Associated Press | 4-06-2012 The special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee for a month could cost Washington state about $1 million after the expense of educating voters about the confusing ballot situation is factored, officials said Friday. OLYMPIA, Wash. — The special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee [...]
News Team | February 10, 2012
Peter Callaghan, TNT – Political Buzz | 2-10-2012 Rick Santorum will bring his surging GOP presidential campaign to Tacoma-Olympia on Monday The former Pennsylvania senator will hold several events, one public, when he visits Washington state on Monday. Andrea Innes, a state committeewoman from Pierce County, said the state party has notified party officials that [...]
News Team | October 16, 2011
Jordan Schrader, TNT | 10-16-2011 Republicans and Democrats took their latest negotiating postures Friday in the process of redrawing districts for the state Legislature. The bipartisan Redistricting Commission unveiled two maps, one for each party, a step in the process of setting state political lines that the commission hopes to finish by ……Read More
News Team | July 15, 2011
Lornet Turnbull, Seattle Times | 7-15-2011 In a state frequently criticized as a haven for illegal immigrants seeking driver’s licenses, licensing officials here believe stricter rules are discouraging those from out of state. After noticing a three-year surge in the number of out-of-state license applicants who lacked Social Security numbers, the Washington Department of Licensing [...]
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 25, 2011
Bob McDonnell, WSJ op-ed | 6-25-2011 State Republicans are tackling the issues voters want addressed. That will be a major asset for the party’s presidential nominee in 2012. Democrats say otherwise, but Republican governors and their records will be a major asset to the GOP in 2012. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s monumental achievement this [...]
News Team | May 13, 2011
Rachel Rose Hartman | 5-12-2011 The idea that Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich could relocate to Washington state to beat redistricting challenges doesn’t appear to be sitting well with some people who live there. “Democratic U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich can just stay in Ohio, thank you very much,” The Olympian’s editorial board wrote Wednesday. “Washington state [...]
News Team | May 5, 2011
J P Donlon, Chief Executive.net | 5-4-2011 More than 500 CEOs considered a wide range of criteria, from taxation and regulation to workforce quality and living environment, in our annual ranking of the best states for business. The charts and articles in this special report show how each state fares on the factors most essential [...]
News Team | April 15, 2011
Jordan Schrader, The Olympian | 4-14-2011 The state House has advanced a spending plan authored by Democrats, and the Senate could approve its own bipartisan plan as soon as Friday. Next comes the negotiations. With just 11 days left in the scheduled legislative session in Olympia, there are major differences to work out between the [...]