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Postal cuts may affect Washington ballot count
Postal Service cutbacks could affect Washington's vote-by-mail system.
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Did Latino vote help Inslee? It plays a big role in state elections
If pollster Matt Barreto is right, then Latino voters in Washington were one of the key factors in Gov.-elect Jay Inslee's win over Republican candidate Rob McKenna.
> read moreDollar isn’t so almighty, legislative races prove
If you ever feel depressed about our political system, dismayed by the growing influence of money, PACs and Super PACs, remember the 27th District state Senate race of 2012.
> read moreClark County finds uncounted ballots
Election officials sorting through ballots in Clark County say they found more than a thousand uncounted.
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Election: How your neighborhood voted
These maps show how Pierce County precincts voted on key races in the Nov. 6 election. A final map highlights swing precincts where most voted for both Democrat President Barack Obama and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna.
> read moreSupport for charter schools all over map, Pierce County strongly in favor of I-1240
Narrowly winning the Nov. 6 election was just the beginning for Washington state’s charter school movement that hopes to launch up to 40 independently managed, publicly funded schools over the next five years.
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Mr. Kilmer goes to Washington – 1st of many trips
Derek Kilmer can look forward to a lot of five-hour airplane flights. Derek Kilmer took the first of his trips to Washington, D.C., last week to get a crash course on the Capitol along with the rest of the freshman class that will take office in January, a group that also includes Denny Heck, another Democrat elected to represent parts of Pierce County.
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Making most of defeat
WASHINGTON — House and Senate minority leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell surrounded themselves with the triumphant faces of newly elected lawmakers Tuesday. But the glow of victory couldn’t hide the leaders’ own Election Day failures.
> read more✔ Voter Guide The News Tribune's 2012 Voter Guide
BLOGS
- Feds break silence on I-502; U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan says marijuana still illegal
- Tacoma: City Council appointment process kicks off today
- Tacoma: City Council unanimously passes "painful" budget, slashing jobs, services
- State human resources director Eva Santos dies at 56 of cancer
- Gregoire says she wants to see college tuition actually cut – eventually
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All's quiet on first day of legal pot
There was no uptick Thursday in traffic accidents by stoned drivers, no run on Doritos or banana ice cream at Safeway stores; no public displays of stoner joy like the “Smoke-ins” crowds that lit up the night at the Seattle Center.
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Pot now legal, but where do you buy it?
If you’re an adult and want to smoke a bowl of marijuana while you stare into your fireplace tonight, you’re completely within your legal rights to do so.
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These endorsements represent the opinion of the TNT Editorial Board
> more storiesApprove amendments and maintain tax actions
Voters can be excused if they’re scratching their heads over four measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. The ballot language can be confusing, especially on the two advisory vote measures.
With sobered expectations, Obama for president
Is the country better off than it was four years ago? We believe the answer is yes and that Barack Obama deserves re-election.
School, fire district measures deserve voter support
When it comes to ballot measures to be decided Nov. 6, most of the attention has swirled around the controversial referendum on same-sex marriage and initiatives backing charter schools and marijuana legalization.
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NATIONAL WIRE
Higher rates or fewer tax breaks _ what's worse?
In the fiscal cliff wars, a pivotal battle is raging between Democrats demanding to raise revenue by boosting tax rates on the nation's highest earners and Republicans insisting on eliminating deductions and other tax breaks instead. Which is better for the economy? Analysts say it depends.
> read moreHow the AP-GfK poll was conducted
The Associated Press-GfK poll on President Obama and politics was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3. It is based on landline telephone and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,002 adults. Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach households with unlisted and listed landline and cellphone numbers.
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Black boxes in cars raise privacy concerns
Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride.
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