King County House Speaker flexes muscle on historic PacMed Center State House Speaker Frank Chopp has emerged as a central player in the effort to relocate community-college health programs into the PacMed Center using state dollars. The public authority that owns the building is debating whether to let a national homebuilder convert the historic Beacon Hill…
King County Feds give laid-off Boeing workers a big helping hand Thanks to a federal program lined up by their unions, local workers laid off during the current dip in employment at Boeing Commercial Airplanes will enjoy a financial cushion that’s much, much plumper than what the average unemployed state resident gets. The U.S. Department of…
King County McGinn video attacks rivals for supporting “corporate welfare” on Whole Foods deal Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn’s final TV ad before the end of the Aug. 6 primary strikes a positive, almost apologetic tone. But in a web video aimed at his core supporters, McGinn takes a more aggressive tack, ripping his mayoral race rivals over their criticism of…