The “Reproductive Parity Act,” a controversial bill that would require insurance plans that cover live births to also cover abortions, was passed by the state House of Representatives Friday morning after heated debate from both sides of the issue.
Thank you again to you and your colleagues for coming to our meeting to update our board on the I-90 Tolling project and giving us the opportunity to provide input as to the impact tolling I-90 would have on our district.
The Washington Coalition of Open Government will hold a meeting on Saturday, March 9, at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Speakers will include the newly elected Washington state attorney general, Bob Ferguson.
The Mercer Island High School mock trial varsity and JV teams recently participated in the South King County district competition on Saturday, Feb. 23. The teams finished in first and second place.
State Supreme Court rules that state must change constitution in order to require a two-thirds majority vote on new taxes
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival (SJFF) celebrates its 18th “chai-life” milestone on March 2-10 at various locations around Seattle. “Chai,” or 18, means “life” in Hebrew.
Many families are using independent college consultants to help with college planning. What do they offer?
Mercer Island resident Erin Scannell, financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial in Bellevue, has been named to the Barron’s “Top 1,000 Advisers: State-by-State Listings” list in Barron’s Magazine, a publication covering business and finance
The Association of Washington Business, Washington state’s largest private employer association, was one of several stakeholder groups invited to participate at the press conference where Rep. Judy Clibborn announced the transportation bill.
On Monday morning, Feb. 25, a barge with a crane removes a crashed limousine from city property in the 7700 block of West Mercer Way.
A robin enjoys the sunshine while perched on top of a bush in Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island in early 2013.
Instead of focusing on what patients need to do to improve their health, let’s look at the positive side they bring to a doctor’s appointment.
This whole project appears to be cat fishing the public. The story in the Jan. 23, 2013, Mercer Island Reporter said the SR-520 project would cost $4.6 billion and that $4.1 billion could be expected from tolling SR-520 and that tolling of I-90 was to make up the difference.