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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 6 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 27 |
| 1877 | 16 |
| 1878 | 12 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 7 |
| 1883 | 42 |
| 1884 | 53 |
| 1885 | 60 |
| 1886 | 35 |
| 1887 | 27 |
| 1888 | 31 |
| 1889 | 99 |
| 1890 | 13 |
| 1891 | 71 |
| 1892 | 171 |
| 1893 | 162 |
| 1894 | 216 |
| 1895 | 244 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 60 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 84 |
| 1904 | 91 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 26 |
| 1909 | 155 |
| 1910 | 31 |
| 1911 | 15 |
| 1912 | 11 |
| 1914 | 19 |
| 1915 | 20 |
| 1916 | 24 |
| 1917 | 29 |
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| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 4 |
| 1923 | 13 |
| 1924 | 14 |
| 1925 | 7 |
| 1929 | 4 |
155 stories matching committe
- The Speaker’s High-Stakes Balancing Act
Speaker Meigs stacks the House Public Morals Committee with an even split of prohibitionists and anti-prohibitionists, leaving the committee’s crucial legislative decisions deadlocked.
- The Fight for Tacoma’s Pool Rooms
City council weighs whether to lower the age limit for young men in Tacoma's billiard parlors.
- Civic Clubs Threaten Mandamus to Reform Charter
Local reformers arm themselves with 1,600 petition signatures to force the City Council to call for a charter revision election.
- South End Club Moves to Take City Hall Out of the Ward Bosses' Hands
A hundred petitions, 4,000 signatures and a charter committee of fifteen: South Tacoma's improvement club launches a drive for commission government before the council can bury civil service for good.
- State House Scandals Force Reckoning
Legislative committee tightens the net around officials amid corruption allegations.
- The Fight Against 'Canned Water'
Everett labor organizers inspect local grocers to expose deceptive packaging and short-weighting in the canned fruit industry.
- Resign in Days, or Face Perjury Charges: Seattle Ultimatum to Two State Officers
Secretary of State Nichols and Insurance Commissioner Schively were given a deadline after a closed-door meeting of the investigating committee — with a hint that worse than perjury could follow.
- The Bread Wrapping War: Tacoma Women Take On City Hall
With 1,500 club members, city doctors and a health inspector behind them, Tacoma women demand that bakery bread be wrapped—and that dogs be barred from groceries.
- Newport's Boosters Plan a Fourth—and a Bid for the Courthouse
The Commercial Club moved to raise $600 for a big Fourth of July, sent a delegation to Colville for a new judicial district, and weighed a glowing 'Newport' sign at the foot of Washington Avenue.
- The Fight for Tacoma’s Charter
As the city council calls for a special election to rewrite the municipal charter, citizens are warned to watch for corporate interests looking to hijack the reform movement.
- Tacoma's Gas Monopoly Dodges a Bullet
City council nearly revokes a utility franchise due to impure gas, highlighting early 20th-century struggles with private utility providers.
- The Lieutenant Governor’s Moral Steamroller
Lieutenant Governor M. E. Hay asserts his influence in Olympia, taking a hardline stance on public morality and political accountability.
- Puyallup Commuters Organize for Cheaper Rail Fares
Local residents in Puyallup form a committee to challenge railway pricing on the new, shorter line to Tacoma.
- Hillyard Votes to Ask Spokane to Take It In
The new Good Citizens' League of the railroad town of Hillyard decided at a Friday night meeting to push for annexation to Spokane, appointing a committee to draw up the resolutions.
- Labor's Vision for Industrial Schools
A landmark American Federation of Labor report advocates for public vocational training as a remedy for 'industrial misfits,' emphasizing that the future of the American worker depends on training both hand and brain.
- Major Overhaul for Yakima Avenue
Tacoma moves to improve city infrastructure by paving, realigning, and condemning property along the thoroughfare.
- The Open Shop Battle for the New High School
Everett labor unions organize a public mass meeting to protest a city high school contract being awarded to an 'open shop' contractor.
- Ole Hanson Declares War on the Senate—and the Race Tracks
Blocked by a two-thirds rule, the fiery legislator vows lawsuits, subpoenas and a statewide hunt for betting losses until the senate bends.
- Tacoma Mobilizes Relief for Earthquake-Ravaged Italy
Citizens organize fund-raising committees following the catastrophic earthquake in Messina and Calabria.
- Taming the Puyallup and Duwamish
Tacoma and Seattle delegates join forces to lobby the state and congress for flood control and navigation improvements.
- City Council Balks at Hospital Fees
Tacoma officials clash with Fannie Paddock Hospital over the rising costs of public health and scarlet fever care.
- City Health Officer Demands Board to Combat Public Ailments
Dr. Sargentleh seeks a formal committee of physicians and a vaccination assistant to address the surge of health mandates in Tacoma schools.
- The Union Label Inspection
Everett shingle weavers form a committee to enforce labor solidarity by auditing the hats of their fellow workers.
- Tacoma's Women Take On the Bakers Over Wrapped Bread
A committee of pure-food reformers and a dozen bakers squared off before the city council's health committee over an ordinance requiring bread be wrapped — with more than 1,000 women enlisted behind the fight.
- Fire Limits, Flying Switches and a Fifty-Year Franchise: One Evening at Newport's City Hall
In a single session the council moved to outlaw frame buildings downtown, chased street grades on three avenues, turned back a second telephone exchange, and heard that trains were nearly killing people at the Fourth Street crossing — three times in one day.