State & Regional Govt & Politics
Bennett: Does Crist have designs on a Democratic run in 2014?
Charlie Crist is much too seasoned a politician to speak publicly about anything beyond the Nov. 6 elections. But if the Republican-turned-independent former governor were thinking about becoming a Democrat and running for his old job in 2014, he’d be doing things like he did Sunday morning. Crist, who’s in ...
Clinton stumps for Frankel, Murphy in West Palm Beach, as Crist, too, lends support
Former President Bill Clinton took a break from his explainer-in-chief role for President Obama on Wednesday to spend about an hour in West Palm Beach raising money for Democratic congressional candidates Lois Frankel and Patrick Murphy.The approximately 250 attendees at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport included former Gov. Charlie Crist, ...
Opponents place state gay marriage law on hold
Washington's gay marriage law was blocked from taking effect Wednesday as opponents filed more than 200,000 signatures seeking a public vote on the issue in November. Preserve Marriage Washington submitted the signatures just a day before the state was to begin allowing same-sex marriages. State officials will review ...
14 liquor stores across state closing Thursday
Customers heading to their local liquor store might find it closed on Thursday. Fourteen locations around the state are shutting down as Washington transitions to private ownership. So many employees have left for other jobs while the state makes the transition to privatization that there is now a ...
State liquor store auction totals $30.75 million
The Washington State Liquor Control Board auctioned the rights to apply for a spirits retail liquor license at 167 state-run liquor stores statewide. The sum of individual bids totaled $30.75 million, with rights awarded to 121 individual successful bidders. Online bidding ended in a flurry of bidding on its ...
Santorum Delegate Troubles
From Canton, Ohio - Super Tuesday might not be so Super for Rick Santorum here in the Buckeye State even if he wins the popular vote in Ohio, because he won't be eligible for as many as 18 GOP delegates, as his organization failed to file full delegate slates for ...
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks announces retirement
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks (D, Bremerton) stunned some political observers Friday when he announced his retirement from the House of Representatives. After decades in politics, Dicks said that at age 71, it was just the right time to retire. “I’ve enjoyed my 44 years (as a politician),” Dicks ...
Man burns New Jersey flag over tribute to Whitney Houston
A Michigan man burned the NJ state flag in protest of Governor Chris Christie's decision to lower flags to half mast in honor of Houston.
Nevada GOP Caucus
Now that the three-ring circus of Donald Trump's endorsement has passed, the real action in Nevada is almost here, as 28 Republican delegates are up for grabs on Saturday in the Silver State. Polls again indicate that Mitt Romney has the edge in Nevada, with the Las Vegas Review Journal ...
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