WA News Digest: 03-05-10
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| 03/05/10 Brooklyns the Hold Steady is releasing their upcoming album, Heaven Is Whenever, ... 03/05/10 Several pieces of legislation are moving through the Illinois Legislature ahead of an expected U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning a firearm-related lawsuit from Illinois. The high court heard arguments this week in a case filed by a Chicago man who is challenging the city's authority to limit his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The lawsuit came on the heels of a similar case in ... 03/05/10 Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown wants voters to weigh in on the idea of an income tax on high earners. 03/05/10 OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown wants voters to weigh in on the idea of an income tax on high earners. In a blog posting on Thursday, Brown suggested that the Legislature pass the Senate Democrats' temporary sales tax increase proposal and that it take effect immediately. But, under her plan, a referendum would be added to the measure. Under the referendum, voters in ... 03/05/10 Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, may have an easier time convincing voters to support an income tax than lawmakers. 03/05/10 OLYMPIA, Wash. - Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, may have an easier time convincing voters to support an income tax than lawmakers, according to a new KING 5 News poll. Sen. Brown has proposed letting voters reduce the state's sales tax and create an income tax for those making more than $200,000 a year. In a SurveyUSA poll of 500 people statewide, 53 percent said an income tax ... 03/05/10 The election poster in the Sadr City area of Baghdad carries a succinct message for Iraqis preparing to vote in tomorrow's general election: "Yes for change and reconstruction." 03/05/10 We have a good guy in the White House , a smart man of judicious temperament and profound ideals, a man with a sweet private life, a man of dignity and good humor, whose enemies, waving their hairy arms and legs, woofing, yelling absurdities, only make him look taller.Washington, being a company town, feasts on gossip, but I think the Democratic Party, skittish as it is, full of happy blather ... 03/05/10 This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at TJX Companies and Kohl's; closings, cutbacks, bankruptcy, default, receivership or foreclosure news at Swoozie's and the Northgate Mall; acquisition, merger, loan, sale... 03/05/10 Violation of probation: Raymundo Butler, 20, of Midland was arrested Wednesday by Midland County deputies on a charge of violation of probation. 03/05/10 This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at TJX Companies and Kohl's; closings, cutbacks, bankruptcy, default, receivership or foreclosure news at Swoozie's and the Northgate Mall; acquisition, merger, loan, sale... 03/05/10 Steven Lynn Sheeley, 26, of Des Moines, was arrested Thursday, March 4, after officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop in Mt. Pleasant. |
