Meanwhile, on capitol hill, the senate moves ahead to provide more sanctions on russia, but the measure could get hung up over proposed reforms to the International Monetary fund. Those changes are opposed by more republicans in the senate and the house. That is the one thats gone. The republicans continue to set up those that dont have that in it in the house. When you get to committee, i dont know exactly what happens, when you get to conference. Investors, meantime, are going to be keeping an eye on a new batch of Economic Data in the United States today. We get the s p caseshiller home prices for january out at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. Economists are thinking well be seeing a 13. 5 year over year rise on home prices in the nations largest markets. But, again, there will be a key read that economists are watching. At 10 00 eastern time, we get consensus forecasts, calling for a 4. 9 drop in february new home sales. And at the same time, well be finding out how competent consumers ar
Martha “Marty” McLaren, a past West Seattle/South Park representative on the
Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, has died. Ms. McLaren, a Puget Ridge resident, was 76 years old. She was a longtime educator and community advocate, but her highest-profile role was that of board member. She won election in 2011 by unseating incumbent
Steve Sundquist and then four years later was unseated herself by current board member
Leslie Harris. We talked with Ms. McLaren after her election in 2011; she spoke of her teaching career following her involvement with advocacy as a PTA leader while her children were in school. More details on her life are in her obituary, which we’ve just received: