Articles published Fri, Apr 30, 2010

Adventures In Motherhood

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) today applauded the first meeting of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and urged the group to move forward and help begin a national conversation on reducing our debt and deficit.

OLYMPIA -- A new look to Washington driver licenses and facial recognition software will make it harder for identity thieves to do business in Washington, the Department of Licensing announced.

The Snohomish County Citizens Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials will meet again Wednesday, April 28, holding as it continues reviewing the salary schedule for elected officials for 2011 and 2012.

The Mount Baker Council BSA Scouts of America Community Service Day project will focus on cleaning up the popular Snohomish County Centennial Trail.

Next week, agencies and vendors from around the state will come together to help celebrate the achievements of public employees as a part of Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW).

Yesterday, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted against a Congressional pay raise for 2011 in order to save taxpayer dollars.

One out of every four Washington schools with sixth through eighth grades will participate in online state testing next week when the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) is given for the first time.About 60,000 students in grades 6-8 in the participating schools will take the reading and/or math exams on a computer.

Compromise is a four-letter word.

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