Monthly Archives: August 2007

On the weekend, C-SPAN2 broadcast interviews and book readings with authors from around the country. It’s like going to college only you can do it in your bathrobe. They are doing their BookTV tour of the northwest right now and … Continue reading →

The governor asked EFSEC, the board that sites power projects to review the setbacks for a proposed wind project in Kittitas County. They reviewed, made a few revisions and sent it back to the Governor. Governor Gregoire has sixty days … Continue reading →

Soap Lake has been working for several years to erect the world’s largest lava lamp. While they are working on that, someone took some inspiration from the idea and created some nice crop art.

What is going on here? Just four days after the Washington State Democratic Party filed a complaint against the Dino Rossi “Forward Washington” think tank because it looked so much like a campaign for governor (except without those pesky disclosure … Continue reading →

Senator Cantwell was in Yakima yesterday promoting funding for the SCHIP bill (State Children’s Health Insurance Plan). According to the Yakima Herald, there are 11,000 uninsured children in the Yakima Valley. Unfortunately, it’s likely that Bush will veto it. And, … Continue reading →

During the legislative session, Senator Jerome Delvin gave an emotional floor speech denouncing people who believed that climate change was happening. Chris Mulick from The Tri-City Herald writes today about the speech and the fact that Delvin has been appointed … Continue reading →

46 employees of the Celite Corporation and members of Teamsters 760 are still on strike in Quincy Wa. after several weeks of negotiating. It sounds like they have good reason to strike. Here’s what Larry Nickell, the spokeperson for the … Continue reading →

The Washington State Labor Council has released it’s 2007 legislative scorecard. How did our central washington delegation fare? Well, if this were the public schools, they would probably have to repeat a grade. In other words, they did terribly. It’s … Continue reading →

Leah Beth Ward has a great story in the Yakima Herald about the new program passed by this year’s democratic majority to work to cover all kids with health care. Here’s the start of the story: “Lorena Larios was both … Continue reading →

Even some of the westside papers are starting to think that it isn’t a good idea for the Dino Rossi campaign think tank to associate itself with Professor Republican attack dog Matt Manweller. The problem is that Manweller’s mixes his … Continue reading →