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Federal Budget

  • News

    March 7, 2012

    Norm Dicks' Family Problem

    Retirement won't stop talk that he helped his son too much.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Norm Dicks: The Story of Federal Money He Sent to His Son's State Agency Still Lingers

    It had to do with family, Norm Dicks said in announcing last week that he will retire after this 18th and final term as being known as the congressman from Boeing. The "Top appropriator" - a position that benefited him politically and familially - says he and wife Suzie "have made the decision to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Legal Immigrants Get the Shaft in 9th Circuit Ruling on Food Stamps

    The state Department of Social and Health Services tells Seattle Weekly it isn't going to cut off food stamp benefits to immigrants just yet, even though a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this week allows it to do so. Good thing, because the ruling reinforces a travesty.

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Washington Reps. Norm Dicks and Doc Hastings Called Out in Congressional Earmarks Investigation

    Rep. Norm Dicks​In a Washington Post investigation of congressional earmarks, two Washington lawmakers -- U.S. Reps. Norm Dicks and Doc Hastings -- have been called on the carpet for the questionable use of federal earmarks. They are among 33 members of Congress who, according to the Post's pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    The Cee Lo Green Editorial The Wall Street Journal Wanted to Write About Obama's Budget

    The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has made no secret of their disdain for Obama Care, and most things on the president's agenda. This morning's response to the president's budget is no exception. But, this time, they made things a bit more interesting, and brought Cee Lo Green to the edito ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 12, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has made no secret of their disdain for Obama Care, and most things on the president's agenda. This morning's response to the president's budget is no exception. But, this time, they made things a bit more interesting, and brought Cee Lo Green to the edito ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

    Many economists report that, far from being leeches, immigrants pay more in taxes than they receive in services.

  • News

    October 13, 2010

    Patty Murray: The Naked Truth

    Could Washington go pork-free?

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    Dino's Stimulus Wackage

    The spending he approved in 2003 looks a lot like the "boondoggles" he's criticizing now.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Child Nutrition and Food Stamp Funding: God Does Not Give With Both Hands

    flickr user Ben SamSchool lunch: about to get better​It was an eventful week in the Senate, particularly on the subject of food. The good news: yesterday the Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which, if signed into law, will give $4.5 billion over 10 years to fund federal child ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    Rossi's Way With the Jobless

    If you're out of work, Dino might not be your best friend.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Dino Rossi Voted to Cut State Unemployment and Welfare Eligibility

    ​For more than a month now the U.S. Senate has been unable to pass a bill that would allow people who lost their jobs in the recession to continue collecting unemployment for up to 99 weeks rather than the standard 46 weeks. According to Huffington Post, 1.2 million unemployed Americans have s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Seattle Schools Blunders Again in Applying for Federal Funds for Native American Students

    The district still doesn't know how many Native American students it has.​Seattle Public Schools owned up to a big blunder in March when it revealed that it had submitted misinformation on federal grant applications for a program serving Native American students--and would consequently have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    With Lots of Questions Raised by ObamaCare, Governor Appoints New Health Care Cabinet

    Gregoire will direct her new cabinet to weigh the fate of the Basic Health Plan.​As a press conference with Governor Chris Gregoire made clear today, the president's sweeping health care bill may be signed but there are still lots of decisions that Washington state has to make. For instance, t ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Affluent Kids Come at a Cost: Thurgood Marshall Elementary in the CD finds that an influx of highly gifted students will cost it federal funds

    Gregoire will direct her new cabinet to weigh the fate of the Basic Health Plan.​As a press conference with Governor Chris Gregoire made clear today, the president's sweeping health care bill may be signed but there are still lots of decisions that Washington state has to make. For instance, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Thurgood Marshall Elementary Loses $200,000 as Affluent, "Gifted" Students Move In

    Robin LaananenStudents at Thurgood Marshall before the APP kids arrived.​When the Seattle School District last fall moved some 200 students in its "highly gifted" program into Thurgood Marshall Elementary, which was populated largely by poor and minority children, everybody knew officials risk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Sobering News for Sober January (And a Little Look on the Bright Side)

    Several Pike Place Market businesses now accept Food Stamps​When did arbitrary prohibitive months become a hot trend? No Shave November. Sober January. These days it seems like everyone and their mother is talking up their (month-long) commitment to sobriety. Well along with all the sober talk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Sobering News for Sober January (And a Little Look on the Bright Side)

    Several Pike Place Market businesses now accept Food Stamps​When did arbitrary prohibitive months become a hot trend? No Shave November. Sober January. These days it seems like everyone and their mother is talking up their (month-long) commitment to sobriety. Well along with all these sober ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Sobering News for Sober January (And a Little Look on the Bright Side)

    Several Pike Place Market businesses now accept Food Stamps​When did arbitrary prohibitive months become a hot trend? No Shave November. Sober January. These days it seems like everyone and their mother is talking up their (month-long) commitment to sobriety. Well along with all these sober ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Vote Because 50% of U.S. Kids Struggle to Eat

    According to this article from the Associated Press, close to half of U.S. kids will have been on food stamps at some point during childhood. HALF. No further socioeconomic qualifications. HALF. Not in your backyard? Well, I hope you have a really tall fence as this country gets hungrier and hungrie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    John McCain Takes Aim at Sound Transit 2

    "Go ahead," says Steve. "Make my day."​John McCain didn't fare too well in these parts last November, getting only 28% of the vote in King County. By contrast, Sound Transit did fare well, getting 60% of the vote in same. Now it looks like Mr. Unpopular wants to take down Mr. Popular (is a lig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Green for Green: Feds Give Seattle Stimulus Cash for Clean Energy Projects

    Get used to seeing these.​While Seattle's lost out on some stimulus money (for example, for city transportation projects), and Greg Nickels lost an election, they both got a boost today in the form of $1.4 million from the Department of Energy for "clean fuels, vehicles, and infrastructure pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Peas in a Pod, Fighting

    David C. WongGod help us if this is the campaign debate we have to look forward to. In today's Times, Jan Drago takes some shots at Greg Nickels' effectiveness in Olympia, saying the Mayor's purportedly my-way-or-the-highway style isn't selling in the South Sound. (A few legislators echo the sentime ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2009

    More Washington Money Going to New Jersey?

    Our state’s dropped a few notches on the annual pork list.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Drug Policy Goes Around, Comes Around

    (Updated below) With our former police chief off to DC to be the "Drug Czar", there's been a lot of speculation about what we'll end up doing for federal drug policy. (Not much, says Norm Stamper, in his inaugural turn as a P-I columnist.) But then there's the question of what federal drug policy wi ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2009

    Stimulating Parking Tickets?

    The mayor wants $400K for a better way to write you up.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Nickels' Viaduct Fight Makes the NYT

    Everyone wants a chuck of President Obama's federal stimulus spending, especially when it comes to costly transportation projects. The first $26.6 billion was released today, according to The New York Times, which also quotes our Mayor Greg Nickels griping about our state legislature omitting Seattl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Nickels' Stimulus Plan: More Parking Tickets

    Among the projects Mayor Greg Nickels has sought to fund with the Obama stimulus money is the purchase of $412,540 worth of new devices to issue parking tickets in Seattle. It's a proposal that has some asking what hizzoner is thinking since, for one, it adds no new jobs, and two, appears to stimula ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Nickels Pulls a Fast One?

    Updates Below That's what Councilmembers Rasmussen and Licata say happened with yesterday's vote to approve funding for the Mercer corridor project, which many council members thought would get federal stimulus money. Today, the legislature announced the recipients of the state's share of stimulu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    What Can Kerlikowske Do as Drug Czar?

    Peter The Great was czar of RussiaAs Obama's drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske will be pretty limited in his ability to advocate for reforms. As we noted earlier, the office is legally prohibited from advocating for the reclassification of current illegal drugs, including for medical purposes. "Most peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2008

    Kicking Off His Run for November: McCain at the Westin

    Peter The Great was czar of RussiaAs Obama's drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske will be pretty limited in his ability to advocate for reforms. As we noted earlier, the office is legally prohibited from advocating for the reclassification of current illegal drugs, including for medical purposes. "Most peopl ... More >>

  • News

    April 19, 2006

    A Viaduct Option Is Buried

    The state says there's no money for less capacity on a surface roadway.

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Got Any Spare Change?

    An audacious 10-year plan to end homelessness in Seattle faces the usual problem: not enough money. In fact, federal cuts are on the way.

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    The Targets of 2006

    At home stumping for and against Social Security reform, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert show vulnerability as first-termers. And opposing parties are eyeing their seats. But don't write them off.

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    Transfer of Wealth

    At home stumping for and against Social Security reform, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert show vulnerability as first-termers. And opposing parties are eyeing their seats. But don't write them off.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Wrecking Social Security

    At home stumping for and against Social Security reform, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert show vulnerability as first-termers. And opposing parties are eyeing their seats. But don't write them off.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    Room with a D骠 Vu

    ... As I read, I shook my head. The testimonials were the same 16 years later. ...

  • News

    February 19, 2003

    Budgeting for Disaster

    ... As I read, I shook my head. The testimonials were the same 16 years later. ...

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Over Extended

    A provider of federal money says it might audit public KCTS.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    Number of the Week

    A provider of federal money says it might audit public KCTS.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    Ballot congestion

    Politicians may ask the voters for $20 billion in new taxes.

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    Shove off

    State cuts programs that help people on welfare find jobs.

  • News

    April 11, 2001

    Council: Unsound logic

    State cuts programs that help people on welfare find jobs.

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    How bad is Al?

    State cuts programs that help people on welfare find jobs.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Nickeled and damned?

    County Council member and mayoral hopeful Greg Nickels bets the farm on Sound Transit's shaky finances.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    Who pays for this party?

    Taxpayers are on the hook for WTO corporate love-in.

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Stamping out crime?

    Small-time food stamp fraud dwarfed by state's problems.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Kitsap County: The war goes on

    Small-time food stamp fraud dwarfed by state's problems.

  • News

    July 15, 1998

    Gorton rides again

    The senator goes after tribal profits.

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