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Sometimes the themes that clamor for our artistic attention are overwhelming. The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” takes on a special significance for artists. Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring know this, and chooses to focus at least one series of print creations on the mystery and
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Pierce County auditors released a report this week that held one surprising bit of news, and another bit that should surprise no one. The study was conducted to examine a long-held assumption in Tacoma — that people being released under a program designed to thin out an often over-crowded Pierce County
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This week, local community organizers and public officials will take a big step toward making it hard to get lost in Tacoma. Even better, Tacoma’s wayfinding sign project may help visitors and residents find some of the cool stuff. Truth is, Tacoma already has a few wayfinding signs. But so
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Tacoma officials have confirmed that Florida-based private prison corporation the GEO Group has plans to expand a prison for immigrants on the Tacoma tide flats by 50 percent, providing capacity for more than 1,500 prisoners. With capacity for 1,000 prisoners, the Northwest Detention Center is already the largest GEO private
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The sub-street known fondly as “Crack Alley” is strewn with a couple of dozen people by 6 p.m. Most are there to get in line for an overnight stay at the Martin Luther King Center, a so-called house of last resort for more than 100 regulars. You can read about
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Clover Park school district officials recently celebrated the designation of new superintendent, Debbie LeBeau, recently chosen to replace Dr. Al Cohen, who served as interim superintendent during the past school year. But not everyone is celebrating. Just days after district officials trumpeted their decision, a group of concerned teachers, parents
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Tacoma area developer Ken Miller learned this week that Sound Transit has demolished the historic Hansen House at 5820 S. Hood St. Built around the turn of the 20th century, it was named after the family of Northern Pacific Railroad worker Daniel Hansen. Miller contends that the home has substantial
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We don’t understand all this Russell Investments economic development mumbo jumbo. But Paul Guppy sure does. Guppy is vice president for research at Seattle-based think tank the Washington Policy Center, and has made a career out of analyzing the economic movements of institutions that are so big and complex that
