December 2011
3 posts
WatchWatch
Interim Seattle Schools Superintendent Susan Enfield explains why she’s leaving Even when we interviewed her last fall on KING 5 News Up Front, Enfield stopped short of saying she would like to be considered for the job.  Today, she made it official, announcing that she would not seek or accept the job permanently.  Her contract with Seattle runs through June, 2012. Enfield declined to...
Dec 17th
KING 5 poll: Who gives Obama a tougher challenge...
A new KING 5 poll finds Republican Mitt Romney would give President Obama a stiffer challenge in Washington state than Newt Gingrich. While Gingrich is now leading the Republican race in many polls, he doesn’t fair as well in a head-to-head race against Obama in our new SurveyUSA poll of likely voters in Washington state. The poll finds with either Republican candidate, Obama would carry...
Dec 1st
Up Front AM: Your free drive across 520 ending...
First take on the day’s political news from the Up Front team. Up front today: Tolling nears; Metro pulls another ad; Jon Stewart takes on NBC Nightly News. December’s here: And the state Department of Transportation says this time, it will meet its self-imposed deadline to start tolling on the 520 bridge.  It was originally slated to begin in March, but numerous problems with a...
Dec 1st