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The city's own series of tubes
Would municipal broadband service for all residents be better and cheaper than what the free market is providing now? Seattle City Hall wants to find out.
Peter Lewis
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Overwhelmingly, Washington voters would prefer a primary election to caucuses
A majority of registered voters across party lines would prefer that Washington become a primary-only state, according to a new Washington Poll [http://www.washingtonpoll.org/results.html]. The finding, based on a Feb. 7-18 survey of 300 randomly selected registered voters statewide, comes in the wa
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Washington poll: McCain edges Clinton, loses to Obama; Gregoire widens her lead
A new Washington Poll [http://www.washingtonpoll.org/results.html] shows that if the presidential election were held today, Arizona Sen. John McCain would barely edge New York Sen. Hillary Clinton but lose badly to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in Washington state. The survey of 300 registered state v
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Taking the long view, the Muni League investigates the Port of Seattle
After the devastating state auditor's report [http://www.sao.wa.gov/Reports/AuditReports/AuditReportFiles/ar1000008.pdf] [PDF], an ongoing Justice Department investigation [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=webport07m&date=20080107], and the Port of
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The Border Patrol swoops in on a domestic ferry run
Last week, cars and passengers disembarking the San Juan Islands route at Anacortes were met by feds who inquired about everyone's citizenship. Normally, no big deal. But this checkpoint was for a boat that had not been to Canada. The government isn't saying much about it, but islanders are buzzing.