Hastings, Dicks support killing of more salmon-scarfing sea lions
A House subcommittee began deliberating today whether to speed up the killing of an exploding population of California sea lions that is preying on thousands of endangered salmon in the Columbia River....
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Pro-military Democrat Norm Dicks wants troops home
If you need proof that the tide has turned against the war in Afghanistan, Exhibit A is Rep. Norm Dicks of Belfair, the top-ranked House Democrat in charge of the Pentagon’s budget. After 34 1/2 years...
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Norm Dicks: I want to keep Tacoma
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks today criticized a Republican-drawn redistricting map that would slice Tacoma off of his district. Four redistricting commissioners unveiled maps Tuesday, including Tom Huff, who...
View ArticleNew congressional district proposal shakes up Washington’s political landscape
The Washington State Redistricting Commission outlined a draft congressional plan today that puts most of Thurston County including Olympia in the new 10th Congressional District, while shifting U.S....
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U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks get front page attention in Washington Post (though not...
Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington state is getting front-page attention from the Washington Post today for steering federal money to an agency that was headed by his son. In a special...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Norm Dicks retiring; won’t run for 19th term
Read the developing story here. Here’s Dicks’s full statement on his retirement: I am announcing today my intention to complete my service in the House of Representatives at the end of the current...
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Sen. Derek Kilmer considering run to replace Norm Dicks
With U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks’s announcement today he is retiring, attention will soon turn to who might vie to replace him in the 6th Congressional District, running from Tacoma across the Narrows bridges...
View ArticleDicks’ retirement causes stir in Ohio
WASHINGTON – Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks received plenty of national attention on Friday when he announced that he will call it quits at the end of the year, ending a 36-year career in the U.S. House,...
View ArticleStudy of wilderness plan for Olympic Peninsula sees no effect on logging;...
Advocates of the Wild Olympics proposal to add wilderness protections for 126,000 acres of Olympic National Forest land are highlighting a new study arguing the plan won’t reduce the supply of timber...
View ArticleMurray, Cantwell and Dicks join Inslee, Kilmer, Heck for final rallies today...
Three days before the election Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee and congressional candidate Denny Heck are making another swing through South Sound this afternoon, joined by the state’s...
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Former U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, state Sen. Debbie Regala will received honorary...
The University of Puget Sound announced today the recipients of honorary Doctor of Laws degrees at next month’s commencement ceremony. UPS President Ronald Thomas will present the honorary degrees to...
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