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Boeing, state celebrate big tanker win
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Feb 25, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Boeing employees and Washington state officials are planning a big "victory rally" Friday at the company's Everett factory to celebrate winning the $35 billion Air Force contract for a new aerial tanker fleet.

Murray holds narrow lead in early returns
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Nov 3, 2010 at 3:40 AM
Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray took a slim lead over Republican challenger Dino Rossi in Tuesday's early vote returns, raising the possibility of an extended vote count in Washington's vote-by-mail election.

New rules, big changes coming for financial world
Jul 10, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Democratic leaders in the Senate are trying to secure the final votes needed to pass legislation this coming week that would impose the most sweeping rules on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression.

Gregoire presses Congress to act on health care
Jan 26, 2010 at 2:35 AM
The uncertain future of federal health care reform has wrinkled Washington state's hopes of landing a $1 billion bailout to fix its budget deficit this year, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Monday.

Geithner called to explain AIG bailout secrecy
Jan 8, 2010 at 5:38 PM
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will face a congressional grilling later this month about the suppression of details on deals that funneled billions to big investment banks while he was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

State, DOE agree on Hanford cleanup deadlines
Aug 11, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Washington state and federal officials announced a court-enforceable schedule Tuesday for cleaning up the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, ending more than two years of negotiations that followed dozens of missed deadlines.

Northwest lawmakers back guns in national parks
May 21, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Eleven House members from five Northwest states voted in favor of the gun measure Wednesday, while just seven opposed it.

Wash cities, counties to get $56 million for energy
Mar 27, 2009 at 3:23 AM
Washington cities, counties and the state will get about $56 million in federal stimulus money for projects that reduce energy use. Washington tribes will receive an additional $2.6 million to improve energy efficiency.

Murray, Reichert team up for wilderness bill
Mar 27, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Washington Republican Rep. Dave Reichert is again trying to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area east of Seattle. But this time he has an important Democratic ally: Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., signed on Thursday as a co-sponsor of the bill and said she would lead efforts in the Senate.

Fed Gives Hanford $2 Billion for Cleanup
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Feb 22, 2009 at 4:20 AM
New jobs to save the earth.

More Affordable Housing
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Feb 19, 2009 at 1:49 AM
Senator Maria Cantwell wants to keep money flowing for cheap housing.

Cantwell named chair of Senate Energy subcommittee
Feb 12, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell has been named to lead the energy subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Senators seek stimulus funds for Hanford cleanup
Jan 19, 2009 at 6:53 PM
The Hanford nuclear reservation in southeast Washington presents no shortage of work toward cleaning up the site, work that is expected to continue for decades, but managers say they will miss 23 deadlines this year because budgeted funds were insufficient

Senate backs timber payments, sales tax deduction
Sep 23, 2008 at 11:17 PM
The massive tax relief bill passed by the Senate includes several major provisions sought by Northwest lawmakers. The Senate approved the bill, 93-2, late Tuesday.

Deal keeps sales tax deduction in place
Sep 16, 2008 at 11:23 PM
The bill would extend a multiyear program that pays rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks, and would allow Washington state residents to continue deducting state sales taxes on their federal income tax returns.