Washington relies more heavily on high sales taxes than any other state, and 77 percent of its revenue comes from a consumption tax of one kind or another.
Streep's acting is dead-on as usual, but the script doesn't give the award-winning actress much to work with. Or do justice to the Prime Minister's formative and political years.
The Spanish ballet company, which has made a mark on the dance world in just a few years, stops in Seattle this week on its first major U.S. tour, opening Thursday (May 19) at Meany Hall.