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| Studying Flags, Pins, Hope From 2008 Election | The flags of the United States of America and the Civil War-era Confederate Army have somewhat different symbolic associations. But recent research suggests exposure to the Stars and Stripes and the Confederate flag may have had the same effect on voters during the 2008 presidential election: A… |
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| Two sides in liquor battle raise a staggering $34M | Costco has dumped a startling $22.5 million into the ballot proposal that would open liquor sales in Washington to big retailers, and the new record for donations to a single ballot campaign is getting some attention. Foes of Initiative 1183 are using the big donations to say Costco is… |
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| Costco Breaks Records With $22M To Privatize Liquor | The fight to privatize liquor sales in Washington just got a lot more expensive. Costco has dumped another $9 million into the Yes on Initiative 1183 campaign. That brings the wholesale giant's total spending to more than $22 million –- a state record for a ballot measure. |
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| Canadian film crew shoots footage on campus for "Borderline" documentary | |||
| Tigard City Council picks Marty Wine as city manager | After nearly two hours of deliberations Tuesday night, the Tigard City Council came to an unanimous decision to approve Martha "Marty" Wine as their pick for city manager. Wine, 42, confirmed she is moving forward on negotiations with the city. "I'm very impressed with… |
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| Tigard names Derek Todd, Martha Wine finalists for city manager job | Tigard City Council has called a special business meeting next week to publicly announce their final pick for city manager, a position vacated two months ago. Derek Todd, a former town administrator in Frederick, Colo., and Martha "Marty" Wine, currently the assistant chief… |
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| State redistricting looking like a conservative shift for southwest | Southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District, which has been controlled by Democrats for most of the last half century, likely would become more Republican under four plans to redraw the state's congressional districts presented in Olympia on Tuesday. |
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| Alberta's Conservative dynasty | Alberta's Tory dynasty will celebrate 40 years in power Tuesday, marking the second-longest majority rule in Canadian history. It was the summer of 1971 when they first took office: iconic Doors frontman Jim Morrison had just been found dead in a Paris bathtub, the Pentagon Papers… |
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| Reardon leading Hope for top county post in run-up to Nov. 8 | This season's primary could prove a fun exercise for reading the political tea leaves, even for some races where both candidates automatically advance to the November election. Take the race between incumbent Democrat Aaron Reardon and Republican Mike Hope for Snohomish County… |
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| Follow the cash in county executive race | Imagine being the top elected official in Snohomish County, a well-known figure with twice the amount of campaign cash to burn as your opponent. Would you spend the money now or save it for later in the campaign? Then put yourself in the other guy's shoes. Would it be better… |