Weyerhaeuser is close to becoming a real estate investment trust. For tax analysts and shareholders, forests are no longer about timber; they're about harvesting tax-advantaged money.
The first target is a year away, and no one is clear how to meet it, or even to measure progress. The legislature could tweak the 2006 law that created the requirement, but previous attempts have hit...
A court ruling has told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that studying the likely effects of the hatchery for only a five-year period doesn't meet the requirements of federal law.
Gov. Chris Gregoire has cut a restoration project for the Fort Nisqually Granary in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park is being cut from her budget proposal.
Wisconsin was one of the states to reject high-speed rail money, helping Washington state to a new chunk of federal help. Now, some hope train-building jobs headed to Wisconsin might come here, too.
