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In 2008 a group of political reformers * placed a successful measure on the November ballot to make King County government non-partisan. Fourteen months later that reform has failed its first three tests filling two vacancies (Sims and Constan...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, city-council, committee

aggregated from: James Wallace on Aerospace

Kent-based Flow International has received approximately $11 million in new orders for composite machining center abrasive waterjet and routing machine tool systems, mostly for Airbus programs, the company announced Tuesday....

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When I set out to write bluntly about my own health care coverage woes in the individual market, it s not like I didn t anticipate the predictable, knee-jerk response from my hateful trolls: Get a job! In fact, this was exactly the response I was ...

topics: activist, auburn, health-care, kent

aggregated from: Daily Weekly

There are few things worse than losing your mom. But suspecting your dad of her murder has to be one of them.Joan Hansen was a mother of three living on a Kent Valley farm when she disa... Continue reading Son Sues Dad for Killin...

aggregated from: Metroblogging Seattle

The Seattle Thunderbirds have had a rough start to their season so far with an 8-13 record that currently sees them at the bottom of the Western Hockey League s US division, but things are starting to look up for the team after a solid weekend of win...

topics: everett, kent, silvertips, thunderbirds

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I've almost grown numb to the rhetorical depths to which the Republicans have been willing to sink in the healthcare debate ( death panels and all that), but this latest line of argument from philandering Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) is just plain b...

topics: health-care, kent, republicans

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Well, I guess that's one way to address growing complaints about King County Animal Control and conditions at its Kent shelter shut it down: This is a transition or evolution for regional animal care and control, not an ending, said Executive...

topics: government, kent

aggregated from: Strange Bedfellows

KENT Susan Hutchison, a King County executive candidate with strong Republican ties, on Wednesday night talked about how her staff is surprised and impressed at the tremendous rapport I have with people of color. ...

topics: candidate, kent, republican

aggregated from: Sound Politics

Was it worth the cost? The Kent teachers caused a huge disruption for the families of the 26,000 students. And there is more to come. The two weeks of lost school now have to be made up by some combination......

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Most people would argue that Seattle has lots of rules for builders and developers, but what about guiding principles? The details of the former and the need for the latter are front-burner because of a variety of changes in the offing.City Councilme...

topics: campaign, city-council, environment, health-care, kent