HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | yesterday
By a 16-2 margin, the Sound Transit board voted today to put a $17 billion, 15-year Phase II expansion package on the ballot this fall. King County Executive Ron Sims and Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer voted no, while state DOT director Paula Hammond proved earlier rumors wrong, voting yes after pushing through a last minute amendment to front-load expanded bus service. The package expands light...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Word is that state Secretary of Transportation Paula Hammond is planning to vote against putting a revised Sound Transit rail proposal on the November ballot. Hammond reports directly to Gov. Chris Gregoire, and is thus her surrogate on the Sound Transit board. Gee, I dunno, sure sounds to me like Gregoire is going against the interests of her base… not necessarily a smart political move if she wants...
Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Institute Professor Robert Langer and other top cancer researchers will speak at the 2008 symposium hosted by MIT's David H. Koch Center for Integrative Cancer Research on Friday, June 27.
Seattle Pos (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
The cost and logistics of tolling on the Evergreen Point Bridge will be discussed Tuesday by a state panel.
KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
The final leg of a nearly three year, $263 million project will be completed Thursday morning with the opening of more HOV lanes on I-5 through Everett.
