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Origins of the Federal ReserveFriday, November 13, 2009 @ 7:27AMThe Federal Reserve Act of December 23, 1913, was part and parcel of the wave of Progressive legislation on local, state, and federal levels of government that began about 1900. Progressivism was a bipartisan movement that, in the course of the first two decades of the 20th century, transformed the American economy and society from one of roughly laissez-faire to one of centralized statism.

Former Tacoma mayor hurt in crashFriday, May 1, 2009 @ 5:51PMThe Associated Press is reporting that a former state House speaker, Tacoma mayor and Bates Technical College president is being hospitalized following a serious car accident in Tacoma yesterday. ...

Transportation Commission to consider bridge tolls, roads revenueFriday, April 17, 2009 @ 1:47PMTacoma Narrows Bridge tolls and the latest transportation review forecast will be among the topics of discussion when the Washington State Transportation Commission meets next week in Olympia.The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 22, at the Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Ave. SE in Olympia, starting at 9 a.m. and adjourning at 12:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and people ...

Business climate endangered by late-session bill, lawmaker chargesFriday, April 17, 2009 @ 1:37PMUnder a bill proposed Wednesday, just 11 days until the anticipated end of the 2009 legislative session, corporate officers could be held personally responsible for the financial debt of their corporations.Senate Bill 6169 was introduced by Sen. Margarita Prentice, a Renton Democrat who chairs the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Some fear the bill is a way to further find money to fund ...

Earnings reman largely flatWednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 11:39AMReal average weekly earnings were about unchanged from February to March after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. A 0.3 percent decrease in average weekly hours was offset by a 0.2 percent increase in average hourly earnings and a 0.1 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage ...

Capsule reviews of films playing the week of Jan. 28Tuesday, January 27, 2009 @ 10:18AMBy Matt Brunson Current Releases BEDTIME STORIES A winning formula for a successful family film gets reconfigured employing the lowest common denominator, and the result is a dismal effort that will fail with all but the most undemanding of children. As for their parents, it's hard to imagine any of them warming up to a picture in which Adam Sandler, as lowly handyman Skeeter Bronson, bonds with ...