Today is my last day at the Bellevue Reporter. I’m retiring.
For someone who never planned to go into journalism, I’ve suddenly discovered that I’ve spent the last 33-plus years writing stories and taking photographs of people and organizations with newspapers that one way or the other have become part of Sound Publishing. Add in other papers I’ve worked for in the Northwest and my career is even longer.
Education will be one of the key issues this legislative session in Olympia. But it’s being treated as a political ploy by seven Republican legislators who have introduced HB 1001.
The ports of Seattle and Tacoma are poised to do something historic next week: stop fighting and start working together. Taxpayers should be pleased.
The King County Council made the right decision Monday to deal with Metro’s financial problems.
It’s a sad commentary that as we note the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France, our country is caught up in the scandal involving our Veteran’s Administration hospitals.
The announcement that Sen. Rodney Tom of Medina will not seek re-election to the Legislature certainly jump-started the political season. Tom, a Democrat, already was facing a challenge in his own party from former Kirkland mayor Joan McBride.
The state Supreme Court last week told state legislators to get off the dime on education — and spend it. It’s a message lawmakers should heed.
Members of the Machinists union did the right thing Friday by voting to approve a contract extension offered by Boeing.
Members of the Machinists Union at Boeing will vote today on what may be a defining moment with the company.
If you travel or commute in this region, you know the drill: check the weather, check the time – and…
Gregoire will do the right thing, won’t she?
April 26, 2009.
That is the last day of the Legislature under the state Constitution. That’s less than one month away.
Eastside business leaders came looking for answers to the state’s budget woes as they met over breakfast with area legislators recently. Unfortunately, answers were short in coming.
Just days ago, the Legislature convened and faced one of the worse budget shortfalls in state history. How it approaches this task will affect us far into the future.
The country is in a “nasty recession,” but will come out of it probably stronger, a national economist told attendees at the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce Eastside Economic Forecast Breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 20.
If politics were boxing – and sometimes it certainly seems that way – then we have finished with the sparing and its now time for the main event. In other words, the general election will be nothing like the primary.
