Earlier this year, news that Wall Street banks had posted record profits and were quickly returning to a “bonus-as-usual” mentality…
The Bellevue School District budget cuts process is starting now. The economy and state budget cuts will impact our schools…
Gov. Chris Gregoire wants to help balance the state budget by imposing a number of “sin taxes.” That always sounds…
If it’s Friday today (and it is) it must be the new publishing day for the Bellevue Reporter. Our new…
While it’s true that children don’t come with instructions, parents now have access to a vast wealth of information and…
I remember my Little Brother, Robert, would ask me every Wednesday, “Will you be back again next week?” It literally…
Recently we were in a car on our way to a restaurant to meet relatives. Our sons, Joe and John,…
The state got a wake-up call recently when a King County Superior Court judge said that it is failing to…
I am looking forward with hope and optimism to 2010 and beyond. The economic slowdown and financial mess have given…
The new film “Percy Jackson and The Olympians: the Lightening Thief” is about normal, everyday boy Percy Jackson, who suddenly finds out his father is the Greek god, Poseidon, when he is falsely accused of stealing Zeus’s lightening bolt. Because of this, numerous monsters are sent after him by the gods trying to recapture the most powerful weapon ever created for themselves.
By Mike Blair, Catherine Ahl and Bill Williams Washington State is failing its children. Not a campaign slogan, not a…
In case you’ve ever wondered – no, they don’t know what they’re doing in Olympia.
Well, Senate Democrats, at least.
Fresh after voting to gut Initiative 960 and its tax-limiting provisions, the Senate Ds were back again. Seems they gutted the wrong version of the bill, Senate Bill 6130. Their first attempt merely sliced open the law. What they really wanted to do was scatter the entrails so that it will be hard to put the bill back together. The second time was the charm, so to speak.
Newly released aerial photos of the World Trade Center terror attack are a searing reminder of the battle we continue…
A round of applause for Bellevue voters who, despite tight economic times, saw the need to maintain quality in our…
John Carlson’s recent op-ed piece, “Why people don’t trust government,” overlooks an essential point: conservatives have arranged for government to…
Light rail and downtown Bellevue is a thorny issue these days. Sound Transit (ST) has a preferred routing through town,…
Beginning in the last weekend of January each year, Catholic schools throughout the nation celebrate Catholic Schools’ Week. In Western…
We’re disappointed, but not surprised, that Democrats in the state Senate would act so quickly to undo voters’ wishes on…
