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Bellevue Mayor John Chelminiak to share insights at Business Lunch
Community is encouraged to meet new mayor
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Bellevue Rotarian seeking iPad donations for disabled Nepali students
iPad app gives nonverbal students a voice
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Bellevue bracing for replacing human drivers
It’s perhaps the single-greatest transportation revolution since the Ford Model T.
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Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate
Bill moves out of committee with lower tax rate than governor proposed, a “monumental step.”
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Forces behind Downtown Park, Lincoln Square expansion honored at Bellevue Downtown Association’s 44th Annual Celebration
In largest-attended Bellevue Downtown Association Annual Celebration, hundreds in the Bellevue community came together to commemorate their 44th…
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Washington health insurance market in flux
Premiums have skyrocketed, prompting a response from lawmakers.
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Washington lawmakers seek to increase nuclear attack preparations
Bipartisan bills in the House and Senate could remove Cold War-era emergency planning restrictions.
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6 sentenced in prostitution ring that used Bellevue apartments, hotels for ‘dates’
Defendants advertised on Backpage.com and cycled sex workers through Washington
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Laptops for 11,752 Bellevue students on the February ballot, among other levies
Opponent thinks jobs should provide training
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Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed salmon escape
The operation also faces possible closure if legislators pass a bill that would ban the use of Atlantic…
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Bellevue students empower peers with stress management skills
Campaign tackles students’ anxiety within high-achieving academic culture.
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Affirmative action could make a comeback in Washington State
Two decades after a voter-approved initiative made the practice illegal, legislators are calling for a reversal.
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Bellevue School District awarded $855,000 for homeless students
King County’s Best Starts for Kids program to provide the funds
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Shopping for a cause: Thrift shop gives back to Eastside nonprofits
The shop gives a majority of its profits away in cash but also provides vouchers for those in…
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Vetoed tax cut for manufacturers again pushed in bipartisan effort
Bill would lower business and occupation tax by 40 percent over four years.
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Bellevue man charged for torturing, raping, killing Seattle woman
Police found the victim with her hands bound, partially on fire.
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State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and harassment
Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.
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Police nab suspected serial robber of Bellevue bank, several others
Police located suspect after witnesses saw him hail a taxi.
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Senator proposes revoking firearm rights in cases of harassment
The bill would expand an existing law that takes guns from perpetrators of domestic violence.
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American Indian activists rally in Olympia
More than 100 were on hand to lobby state government on issues including the welfare of indigenous women…