A longtime friend and adviser to U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is fighting the unsealing of his divorce case to hide his "bad behavior and possible... Read more… |
Since last month's primary election, interest groups that are battling for control of the state Supreme Court have poured nearly $700,000... Read more… |
Environmental policy took center stage in this year's congressional races on Tuesday, with candidates for U.S. Senate holding dueling news... Read more… |
You wouldn't know Republican Sen. Conrad Burns is in the toughest fight of his career as he shows off a new airport control tower he helped... Read more… |
The symptoms of Parkinson's disease that all but ended Michael J. Fox's acting career are making him a powerfully vulnerable campaign pitchman... Read more… |
Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday became the first leader of the House of Representatives in a decade to testify before its ethics committee... Read more… |
New Jersey's highest court ruled today that gay couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexuals, but that lawmakers must determine whether the state will honor gay marriage or some other form of civil union. Read more… |
Another former altar boy says he was sexually abused in the 1970s by the same retired Catholic priest who acknowledged fondling former Rep. Mark Foley. Read more… |
The ominous chill Republicans are feeling these days has little to do with October's blustery winds and everything to do with the big coattails Hillary Rodham Clinton and Eliot. Read more… |
The wave is coming. At least that is what political scientists are predicting about the midterm elections Nov. 7. The academics could be... Read more… |
Using mocking language, President Bush launched a muscular political attack Tuesday in his campaign to preserve Republican majorities in... Read more… |
President Bush conceded today that the United States is taking heavy casualties in Iraq and said, "I know many Americans are not satisfied with the situation" there. Read more… |
A wide-ranging plan to improve Seattle streets, bridges, sidewalks and even trees relies, in part, on the largest property-tax levy in city history. Read more… |
The state Supreme Court will stand by its endorsement of Washington's gay marriage ban, justices said Wednesday. Read more… |
A race for King County District Court judge doesn't normally draw much attention, but this fall's battle for an Eastside seat has been a... Read more… |
Charlie Brown for Congress? At first it sounded like a joke. Brown was an unknown Democrat running in the California Republican heartland... Read more… |
The levy to fund transportation is 40 percent bigger than citizen panels suggested, but its reach beyond roads is drawing support. Read more… |
This is what no one disputes in the latest tale of fall campaign high jinks: Eastside legislative candidate Deb Eddy on Monday had campaign... Read more… |
The mystery behind an irreverent Web site about Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has apparently been solved. The site is made to appear to be registered... Read more… |
He lives in New York City; his name is on no ballot. Yet real-estate investor Howard Rich is a key reason why citizens in distant states... Read more… |
Secretary of State Sam Reed predicts 67 percent of registered Washington voters will cast ballots Nov. 7, the largest turnout in decades... Read more… |
The smartest person at the Democratic get-out-the-vote rally on Thursday wasn't Sen. Barack Obama (Harvard Law School), or Sen. Maria Cantwell (Miami University... Read more… |
In his first run for office, Rick White championed his lack of political experience as one of his best credentials for Congress. The script sold. In... Read more… |
The Republican National Committee said Thursday it won't run any television ads in Ohio on behalf of Sen. Mike DeWine during the final week... Read more… |
Riding the bus could become a whole lot easier on some of King County's busiest bus routes ? if voters decide it's worth the cost. Read more… |
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