Survey: Washington Residents Support Income Tax (NorthWest Cable News)OLYMPIA, Wash. - Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, may have an easier time convincing voters to support an income tax than lawmakers, according to a new KING 5 News poll. Sen. Brown has proposed letting voters reduce the state's sales tax and create an income tax for those making more than $200,000 a year. In a SurveyUSA poll of 500 people statewide, 53 percent said an income tax ...
Grass Fire Leads To Dog Ring, Pot Garden, SuicideWhite County authorities say a man apparently killed himself after firefighters battling a grass blaze stumbled across an illegal dog-fighting ring and investigators found an indoor marijuana-growing operation on property where he lived.
Cold Space Transformed Into Warm PlaceYolande and Huy have gone from one extreme to the other. 1 of 2 By turning up the heat -- artistically and literally -- this once cold and cavernous basement was turned into a warm, contemporary retreat that suits Yolande and Huy's new life and their old New York state of mind.
Dastardly DraftsHomeowner Karmen Hopkins listens as Andrea Ingalsbe explains the airflow gauge, the chief instrument in a blower door test that measures draft.
Fugitive Sex Offender Arrested In PittsburghA Michigan man wanted for violating his parole on a 2003 teen-sex charge has been arrested in Pittsburgh where he used the alias 'Burgh Granite.' Police said 41-year-old Francis Modla apparently moved to the Pittsburgh area and changed his identity, using the 'Granite' alias and the name Damien O'Carroll while working as a home improvement ...
Kim Kardashian - Kim Kardashian Gets Nest With BushKim Kardashian and Reggie Bush have splashed out $4.8 million on a five-bedroom Beverly Hills love-nest. Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush have bought a $4.8 million love-nest. The reality TV star and her American footballer boyfriend - who have put their respective homes on the market - have splashed out on a luxurious five-bedroom in Beverly Hills ...
Your Tax Refund Is A Waste Of Money (Seattle Times)If you are feeling proud of the tax refund you snared after a weekend of working on taxes, I have some bad news for you. You might have blown it. Although people love getting refunds, a refund typically means you wasted your money.
House Where 6 UT Presidents Lived Being SoldThe University of Tennessee has put the president's house on the market. It became a flashpoint after a former president spent $500,000 to renovate it and is a drain on the university, which is spending $180,000 annually to maintain the now-vacant house.
