12 results for "Rob Hotakainen"
Indian country torn over gay marriage
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 10:12 AMFor Heather Purser, the first pang came more than a decade ago as she gathered clams on Puget Sound’s Chico Beach, watching her cousin’s new husband assist with the digging. She figured she’d never have a legal spouse to help w...
Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske talks tough on marijuana as pressure grows
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 3:22 PMAs Washington state and Colorado wait to see whether the federal government will allow them to sell marijuana legally, the Obama administration is busy talking about the dangerous health effects of smoking pot.
Colorado divided over pot tourism
Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 12:00 AMDENVER – As marijuana users prepared for their unofficial national holiday today, Denver got a head start, with local promoters trying to showcase Colorado as a state that welcomes pot-smoking tourists after voters legalized the drug in Nov...
For first time, majority of Americans back legal pot
Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 1:55 PMJust five months after Washington state and Colorado voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, a poll released Thursday found that a majority of Americans now agree and say it should not be illegal to smoke the drug.
Climate emerges as hot issue in Columbia River Treaty talks with Canada
Friday, March 15, 2013 at 9:00 PMWhen Eisenhower signed the treaty with Canada as one of his last official acts in 1961, global warming did not rank as a public concern. Fifty-two years later, it’s a different story. The treaty created a system of dams for flood control a...
Are congressmen worth $107,000 a year in retirement?
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 2:29 PMAfter retiring from a 36-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives last month, Norm Dicks has no doubt that he’s worth every penny of his new pension: It will allow the Washington state Democrat to cash a monthly check from the U.S....
New EPA leader sure to draw fire as environmental fights intensify
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 11:43 AMAs Obama prepares to choose a new leader for the EPA for his second term, any unanimity on environmental issues is long gone on Capitol Hill, where the agency has become a favorite whipping boy for those who fear it has too much power. Whoever g...
30 years after war, Argentina, Britain spar again over Falklands
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 12:00 AMIn remote waters of the south Atlantic, Kevin Kilmartin counts on big cruise ships to deliver tourists to the Falkland Islands, hoping to lure them to his 35,000-acre sheep and cattle ranch and take them on a safari adventure to his very own wil...
U.S. helps Florida tomato growers, angers Mexico
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:00 AMRejecting warnings that it could ignite a trade war, the Obama administration on Thursday said it planned to change its tomato-trading rules with Mexico, siding with Florida growers who complained that a glut of imports threatened to shut down t...
Pacific tariff talks raise U.S. concerns on jobs
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 12:00 AMLEESBURG, Va. – With 1,350 employees in its five U.S. factories, New Balance is proud that it still produces 7 million pairs of shoes each year at its plants in Maine and Massachusetts, the last major athletic footwear company that still ha...
