Tacoma: City disputes KIRO report that dozens of cops, firefighters are...
About an hour ago, KIRO reporter Kevin McCarty tweeted that he’s working on an exclusive report for 6 p.m. about major City of Tacoma police and firefighter layoffs now in the works. More on possible...
View ArticleTacoma: City council prioritizes spending during first step of Broadnax’s...
As Tacoma grapples to deal with huge budget gaps in the coming years, the City Council generally favors reducing or maintaining some level of resources to existing city programs, but shies away from...
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Tacoma: Fire Department wins $7.7 million grant, saving 37 firefighter jobs...
Tacoma’s fire department has won a $7.7 million federal grant that will save 37 firefighter jobs and solve a big part of an increasingly urgent city budget shortfall, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office...
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Tacoma: City Manager T.C. Broadnax set to propose 217 job cuts, staff...
Tacoma’s City Manager T.C. Broadnax seeks to eliminate about 217 city jobs to help balance a general fund budget that faces a projected $63 million shortfall over the next two years. “My job is to...
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Tacoma: City employee labor union sues city, claiming Broadnax’s budget plan...
A city-employee labor union sued the City of Tacoma Thursday, claiming City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s budget plan that seeks to reorganize several city departments and eliminate scores of jobs violates...
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Tacoma: Union representing public works employees buys newspaper ads blasting...
A union representing City of Tacoma public works employees bought a $2,867 ad in today’s edition of The News Tribune to criticize City Manager T.C. Broadnax‘s 2013-14 budget plan that would slash the...
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