HB 1116
Creating a plan to increase the homeownership rate to 75 percent by 2020.
By a vote of 65 to 31 on Feb. 12, the House approved HB 1116, which would require the Washington State Housing Finance Commission to develop a plan…MORE
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City to change height regs
Tue, 02/20/07
The city of Seattle is changing the definitions of its land-use code to allow more density as well as flexibility in areas designated for duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, apartment buildings, condominiums and other multifamily developments.
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Addressing math, science curricula critical for students, Priest says
Fri, 02/16/07
Holding the line on accountability and standards in schools is critical to student success, says Rep. Skip Priest, R-Federal Way.
He has introduced, House Bill 2030, which will clear up the confusing issue of student requirements in math…MORE
Lori DeVore awarded certified residential specialist designation
Fri, 02/16/07
Lori DeVore, a Federal Way Realtor with John L.
MORECity celebrates upgrades to public housing property
Fri, 02/16/07
Federal Way city officials gathered with residents at Southridge House February 2 to celebrate more than $2.5 million in renovations to the public housing property.
Southridge House, an 80-unit building for residents who are elderly and/or…MORE
Bermingham selected interim college chief
Fri, 02/16/07
Jack Bermingham, Ph.D., has been named interim president of Highline Community College.
The college board of trustees made the appointment retroactive to Nov. 16, when they dismissed then-president Priscilla Bell.
Bermingham had…MORE
How absurd
Fri, 02/16/07
Absurd Person Singular ran for two years on Broadway and twice that on London's West End. It has been described as "one of the 5 great comedies of the last half of the twentieth century." And yet it gets remarkably few productions here in the…MORE
Flu bug bites schools
Tue, 02/13/07
The flu bug has hit three Highline-area schools hard in recent weeks.
At St. Francis of Assisi School in Burien, 150 students out of a total enrollment of 465 missed school on Feb. 6.
Farther south, 90 out of 384 Des Moines…MORE
I-5 construction closures slated for August
Tue, 02/13/07
The Washington State Department of Transportation will "complete a major rehabilitation of the Interstate 5 bridge" between Spokane Street and the I-90 interchange this summer.
This construction will significantly affect traffic near…MORE
