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Highline bond issue ‘yes’ votes in the lead

By SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFFSep 19, 2001 A $189.5 million bond issue in the Highline School District was leading with enough support to pass by an eyelash, according to incomplete results from Tuesday’s primary election. Unofficial results show the request with a fraction over the 60 percent support needed for passage under state requirements for school bond

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Highline district to get $200 million to fix airport-impacted schools

By Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times staff reporter DES MOINES – School and government officials signed a $200 million deal today to reduce deafening jet noise heard in 15 schools located under the flight path of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The historic agreement — reached by the Highline School District, the Port of Seattle, the Federal

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Petition Calls For Changing Port Of Seattle’s Name To Port Of King County

Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times Business Reporter King County voters may be asked later this year if they’d like to change the Port of Seattle’s name to the Port of King County, reflecting that its money comes from taxpayers across the county. A group called King County Citizens for an Accountable Port yesterday turned in a

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Dinsmore Named Port’s New Director

Daryl Strickland Mic Dinsmore strutted into the meeting room wearing a double-breasted suit, his chest puffed out, looking like a politician who had just won an election. He had reason to feel this way. Dinsmore was named yesterday as the port’s new executive director, rising from his job as chief operating officer. The executive job