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1 Dicks next in line for Murtha's chairmanship Local News
WASHINGTON — With the death of Rep. John Murtha on Monday, Washington state Rep. Norm Dicks is likely to become chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending — gaining power to direct the biggest discretionary purse in the federal budget.
2/8/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 Fed chief reconfirmed despite Cantwell's opposition Politics
WASHINGTON — After remaining noncommittal on reconfirming Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for days, Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell on Thursday joined 10 other Democrats in a losing bid to deny Bernanke a second term.
1/28/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 U.S. Supreme Court decision unlikely to affect state races Local News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court decision to lift the ban on corporations dipping into their treasuries to purchase political ads won't much affect state races in Washington.
1/21/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Stimulus funds going for green jobs in state Local News
WASHINGTON — Washington state will receive another piece of the $787 billion federal stimulus spending package, this time a $6 million grant to train workers in energy-efficient construction jobs.
1/20/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 For Sen. Patty Murray and Democrats, voter anger is wild card Local News
In three previous elections, the Washington Democrat vanquished experienced Republican foes by comfortable margins. This year not a single high-profile opponent has stepped up to challenge her yet.
1/16/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Carry a list of medications you take, says patient-safety group Health and Family
Never mind the billions of dollars that health-care providers are investing in electronic medical records. When it comes to preventing drug errors, a Seattle nonprofit group is dispensing advice that's decidedly low tech: Jot on paper all the medications you take and carry it with you.
12/14/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Two challengers declare run for Baird's congressional seat Politics
Less than 24 hours after Rep. Brian Baird announced his plans not to run for a seventh term for his 3rd Congressional District seat, at least two candidates -- one Democrat and one Republican -- have declared their intentions to seek his seat. State Rep.
12/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Rep. Brian Baird decides he won't seek re-election Politics
U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said Wednesday he won't seek re-election next year, ending a six-term congressional career sometimes noted for independent — some say inexplicable — streaks.
12/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 Federal agency to hold HIV/AIDS town hall in Seattle Health and Family
Nearly three decades after the AIDS epidemic began in the United States in June 1981, the Obama administration is crafting what supporters say is a first: a comprehensive national plan for combating and treating a disease that has largely morphed into a chronic, yet still stigmatized, illness.
12/9/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 Big demand, grim outlook for state Basic Health Plan Health and Family
Washington's popular — but financially pinched — Basic Health Plan now has the dubious distinction of having more people on the waiting list than are enrolled. But the state's gaping $2.
11/24/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Cutting through breast-cancer confusion Health and Family
So when an influential federal panel of independent experts last week advised most women in their 40s to forgo regular mammograms — and pronounced self exams largely useless as well — it not only defied medical convention but also seemed to buck common sense.
11/22/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 Swedish threatens to end Regence BlueShield's contract Health and Family
The largest hospital system in the Puget Sound area is threatening to end its contract with the state's largest health insurer unless it receives higher payments for medical services.
11/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Breast-cancer guidelines touch off firestorm Health and Family
To Gail DeGiulio, new breast-cancer guidelines from a national panel of medical experts saying most women in their 40s shouldn't bother with annual mammograms weren't merely startling news. They smacked of a potential death sentence.
11/18/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 Breast-cancer advice shifts Health and Family
Upending one of the most widely followed medical directives for women, an influential panel of experts is recommending that women 50 and older get screened for breast cancer only once every two years and that most women in their 40s skip the test altogether.
11/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 Seniors skeptical of health overhaul Health and Family
• An end to Medicare's infamous "doughnut hole" insurance gap that leaves many seniors having to pick up the full cost for their prescriptions in the middle of their coverage.
11/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Hundreds show up at Seattle pharmacy for shot at flu vaccine Education
It was a swine-flu vaccine trifecta: Katterman's Sand Point Pharmacy had 700 doses to dispense; it had the injectable form of the H1N1 vaccine, safe for pregnant women, the very young and the ill; and the vaccine was for any eligible person 6 months old and older.
11/12/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tours Seattle's Swedish after health-care vote Local News
Just two days after shepherding a landmark health-care bill through the U.S. House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Seattle on Monday to see how one hospital is already delivering care in much the same way as the bill encourages.
11/9/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 A dose of anger, doubt over swine-flu vaccine shortage Health and Family
Take an acute shortage of swine-flu vaccine, two distinct forms of it, plus latitude given by the state to local health officials about how to dole it out — and what do you get?
11/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 'We did all we could' to keep 787 work, Gregoire says, but GOP disagrees Local News
Republicans quickly blamed Democrats Wednesday for failing to prevent Boeing from deciding to build a second 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina. But Gov. Chris Gregoire said nobody was at fault, and that Boeing told her there was nothing the state could have done.
10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
20 Hospital execs: I-1033 hurts health plan Politics
Imagine that your spending could rise only in tandem with the rate of inflation — even if you suddenly needed to replace your roof or the water heater went bust.
10/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results