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Ted Stevens

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Crude Awakening: The Alaska of Palin, Stevens, Allen and the Merry Band of 'Corrupt Bastards'

    ​Reporter Tony Hopfinger got especially lucky after leaving Seattle Weekly a few years back. He not only landed in Alaska, where oil man Bill Allen was busy corrupting ancient Sen. Ted Stevens and helping pave the way for the rise of Gov. Sara Palin (and, in turn, Tina Fey), he got arrested.

  • News

    November 16, 2011

    Peggy Sue Thomas: Drop-Dead Gorgeous

    An ex-beauty queen who once wed the owner of a Kentucky Derby champ stands accused of murder.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Peggy Sue Thomas: Ex-Beauty Queen Denies Whidbey Murder, but Claims to Know Killer

    South Whidbey RecordThomas in 2000​It's been eight years since Russel Douglas' body was found by a man walking his dog after Christmas 2003 on bucolic Whidbey Island. Investigators, following an international crime trail, now think they've cracked the case, pointing fingers at ex-beauty queen ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2010

    Will a Write-In Campaign for Lisa Murkowski Save Washington's "Third Senator"?

    Her opponent has shown precious little concern for our fishing and aerospace interests.

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Joe Miller's Palin-Backed Alaska Campaign Lacks Traditional Seattle 'Third Senator' Money

    Joe and his gal​Among those hoping Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski makes an unlikely comeback as a write-in candidate in Alaska's general election against GOP/Tea Party candidate Joe Miller are the many Seattle-area contributors to Murkowski's campaign, among them former Sen. Slade Gorton and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Update: Ted Stevens, 86, Washington's '3rd Senator,' Confirmed Dead in AK Plane Crash

    ​Update: Stevens was killed in the crash, his family has now confirmed (11:30 a.m.). Known sometimes as Washington state's third U.S. senator for his support of local projects and the large donor base he developed among Seattle's fishing and aerospace industries, former Alaska Sen. Ted Steven ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    Duck, Dino

    It's going to get nasty out there.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Dino Rossi vs. Patty Murray...and Sarah Palin

    Rossi, no ladies' man​When he makes his senatorial candidacy official tomorrow, Republican Dino Rossi will be trying to go where no man including him has been able to go in recent years - taking an office held by one of the state's vaunted female Democrats. He is so far polling well against S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    New Reversal in Alaska Corruptions Cases

    Yet two more Alaskan corruption convictions, like that of ex-Sen. Ted Stevens, may be overturned due to Justice Department wrongdoing - which elated Seattle attorney John Henry Browne (left) yesterday when Legal Times called: "Thank God we've got judges like Judge Sullivan, thank God we've got lawye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Alaska Corruption's Kentucky Derby Ride

    If it's not enough that a $9,700 horse that went off as a 50-1 shot squeezed along the inside rail and raced to a stunning Kentucky Derby upset Saturday, then there's this: Mine That Bird's co-owner Mark Allen (right) was given immunity in the long-running Alaskan corruption scandal, and the horse i ... 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

    April 17, 2009

    Dicks and Murray, Pigging Out

    Is it good news or bad that Washington has dropped two notches in the Pig Book? The annual pork report and state rankings issued by Citizens Against Government Waste, a D.C. watchdog group, puts us at 27th this year in Congressional pork, after making the top 25 last year. With $208,227,997 in what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2009

    Alaska Loses, the Rest of Us Win

    On Wednesday (i.e. April Fool's Day), we learned that Ted Stevens (a.k.a. Washington's Third Senator) will no longer be facing jail time for his ethics violations--because the Department of Justice committed ethics violations in its prosecution of him. Well, now that Stevens' good name has been cle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Noble Skips DUI Attorneys, Hires Guy Who Repped Colacurcio Jr., Ted Stevens' Son

    Though he's likely to be charged with vehicular assault and driving under the influence for his wrong-way I-5 crash that put two women in the hospital, King County Assessor Scott Noble--who registered a staggering .22 blood alcohol content--didn't hire an attorney who specializes in those types of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Power Broker in Tennis Shoes

    She got into the Senate with a slogan about her footwear. She sits at Ted Stevens' former desk. She voted against the Iraq war. And she's one of the most prolific earmarkers in Congress (she recently got $6.4 billion in Hanford clean-up money written into the Senate economic stimulus bill). She's Pa ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2009

    Patty Murray’s Unlikely Hill Climb

    The rise of the Senate’s original soccer mom.

  • Film

    November 19, 2008

    Fuel: One Suggestion for Our Petroleum Addiction

    The rise of the Senate’s original soccer mom.

  • News

    November 19, 2008

    King of Fish Sticks

    Chuck Bundrant’s built a seafood empire on “trash" fish--with a little help from Sen. Ted Stevens.

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Defeat AND Prison?

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Ted (R-Leavenworth)

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Stevens Guilty! Palin to be Senator in DC?

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: Ted Stevens Has a Case of the Mondays

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Ted's Lipstick Test

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    MSFT Buys Back

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    It's Not Hillary, It's...Sarah Palin

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Campaign to Nowhere?

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2008

    Searching for Brett Bader

    Amid scandal, a prominent Republican consultant is MIA.

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    Deep Pockets Still Love Stevens

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Sen. Ted Indicted

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    Some call it bribery

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2007

    Scandal, Alaska

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2007

    Glacial Corruption

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    A Weakened Strongman

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2006

    McGavick's Refund

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    One Crude Dude

    With Big Oil reeling from the Prudhoe Bay shutdown, Chuck Hamel can finally say 'I told you so.'

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    The Rat Patrol

    With Big Oil reeling from the Prudhoe Bay shutdown, Chuck Hamel can finally say 'I told you so.'

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2006

    Weekend Telegraph Room

    With Big Oil reeling from the Prudhoe Bay shutdown, Chuck Hamel can finally say 'I told you so.'

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    Solving a Problem Like Maria

    Centrist Cantwell's anti-Alito-fillibuster vote.

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    Strongman of the North

    Centrist Cantwell's anti-Alito-fillibuster vote.

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    Strongman of the North

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    City Hall, Federal Politics, Quote

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    Media, Federal Budget

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    When Pork Flies

    With help from friends, Boeing continues to push the envelope of taxpayer largesse.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    News Clips— Pork: the other white meat

    With help from friends, Boeing continues to push the envelope of taxpayer largesse.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    Harpooning conspiracies

    Puncturing conspiracy theories about the Makahs.

  • News

    June 17, 1998

    Fishy stories

    Not just the crab is faux—Seattle companies cloak their greed in environmentalismas they fight for more of the Bering Sea action.

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