The latest large residential commercial project in the Town Center looks to have achieved its goal to be five stories.
Rep. Clibborn says Legislature will approve tolls on I-90.
In the 2013 Legislature session, comments from the public can now be submitted on bills being considered by the House and Senate.
Leah Li, a 2010 graduate of Mercer Island High School and a junior at New York University, was crowned 2013 Miss Chinatown USA in San Francisco on Feb. 16.
A 40-year-old Mercer Island man received a fraudulent check in exchange for his collector’s 1956 Mickey Mantle baseball card worth $4,750. FedEx delivered and released the card to the buyer when the buyer provided the check, which turned out to be fraudulent.
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued more than $2 million in fines against insurers, agents and brokers in 2012, according to a recent press release.
The City of Mercer Island is planning to fight the possible tolling of Interstate 90 with a combination of lobbyists, lawyers and consultants.
State Representative Marcie Maxwell (D-Renton) was recently honored as the Legislative Advocate of the Year by the Washington School Counselor Association (WSCA). Maxwell serves as the Deputy Majority Leader for Education & Opportunity in the House of Representatives.
The Mercer Island City Council is seeking applicants to fill four vacancies on the Arts Council and three vacancies on the Senior Advisory Board, effective immediately.
Last week the Washington state Supreme Court overturned the voter-approved rule that required a two-thirds majority to raise or institute new taxes.
Israel wants peace, and that is the message Shai Bernstein and Hen Mazzig brought to Mercer Island last week. The two Israeli soldiers, now reservists, spoke at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center and Northwest Yeshiva High School as part of the fifth annual StandWithUs “Israeli Soldiers’ Stories” tour.
More taxes to sustain existing benefits are the financial crutch being considered by the Legislature to support public transportation entities in two Western Washington counties: King and Snohomish.
HB1945 would direct WSDOT to explore options to mitigate any disproportionate impact on those who primarily rely on the corridor, as a result of such tolling.