When British Columbia announced its $14 billion plans for new transit [http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/Transit_Plan/index.html] early this week, it upped the stakes for competition among West Coast cities in the transit Olympics. It also injected itself in what will be a hot debate in Washington – the use o
There is only a small chance that Washington state's Feb. 9 caucuses [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/346183_caucus05.html] will have any effect whatever on either party's nominating processes. The odds still point to decisions on Super Tuesday, four days before. The early Super Tuesday decision
That's the margin of victory of Gov. Chris Gregoire over Republican Dino Rossi in 2004. With a rematch looming and a 60-day legislative session beginning today, Democrats in charge in Olympia must stick to a very prudent agenda.
How is the U.S. going to fund surface transportation improvements in the future? Congress created the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission [http://www.transportationfortomorrow.org/] in 2005 to look at just that question and their report to Congress is due out Tuesday,
To replace the Highway 520 floating bridge, will the public support the idea of paying now, getting later?
