A team of lawyers representing Washington Mutual executives, officers and directors rolled out a litany of arguments Tuesday in federal court in an attempt to throw out a massive shareholder lawsuit lodged against their clients.
Washington state?s pitch for $1 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail seems unlikely to suffer the same fate as the state?s bid for ferry funding, said Scott Witt, rail and marine director for the state Department of Transportation.
Faced with a contract that was set to expire Monday, the Seattle Symphony and the Seattle Symphony and Opera Players? Organization (SSOPO) said they?ve extended their previous contract to Dec. 31.
Lower wholesale natural gas prices in the U.S. could see customers of Puget Sound Energy seeing their gas bills decline by 17.1 percent, if the utility?s request is approved by regulators.
