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• LWSD Saves Millions in Bond Sale

  —Kirkland Views

  New bond types from federal stimulus lower interest rates Redmond, Wash. – The latest bond sale for Lake Washington School District took advantage of two types of bond issues related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to save $8.5 million in interest over the life of the bonds for [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:57am EST
  by Rob Butcher

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• Funding approved for King County rail corridor

  —The Daily Score

  King County could pay up to $26.5 million to buy much of an abandoned rail corridor connecting Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, Woodinville and Redmond under an ordinance approved by the County Council on Monday. [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  

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• County OK's plan to buy Eastside route for biking, transit

  —Strange Bedfellows

  The King County Council on Monday unanimously approved a plan to spend $26.5 million to buy about 25 miles of an Eastside rail corridor for future transportation and recreation purposes. [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  

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• Neighborhoods That Opposed the Housing Levy

  —Slog

  This map shows which precincts in Seattle supported the low-income housing levy on the November ballot. The dark blue areas passed the levy by over 75 percent. Only the red and orange precincts rejected the levy. Overall, the measure—which raises $145 million in property taxes over seven years to build [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:37am EST
  

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• Replacing Seattle's seawall

  —The Daily Score

  With $225 million in city funds allocated to replace the 3750-foot-long seawall on Seattle's central waterfront, teams of consultants are forming in hopes of winning the contract for a project that will help shape the waterfront's character for the next century and beyond. [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  

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• The Morning News

  —Slog

  Suspected Cop Killer: Finally caught, fatally shot.

  The Urge to Surge: Obama to expedite deployment of 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan.

  Rape Doesn't Pay: Roman Polanski remains in jail while trying to come up with $4.5 million bail.

  Neither Does Crazy On-Court Cussing: Serena Williams fined $82,500 for' [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:08am EST
  

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• Western senators sponsor bill to attack pine beetles

  —The Daily Score

  More than 2.5 million acres of pine trees in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming have been killed by tiny beetles that burrow under the bark and lay their eggs, turning the green needles to the color of rust as they feed on the tree and restrict its ability to draw [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  

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• State gets grant to study green jobs

  —The Daily Score

  The state of Oregon has received a $1.25 million grant from the federal government to study green jobs. [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  

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• Cleanup slows of mining Superfund site in Oregon

  —The Daily Score

  Bureaucratic snags threaten to slow cleanup of the state's dirtiest abandoned mine, a Superfund site in southern Oregon that leaches 5 million gallons of fish-killing, acid rock drainage into nearby creeks each year. [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  

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