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🕒 Tacoma’s Northwest Lumpia Has 82 Flavors—Available Just Six Hours a Week

🚧 More Than 14,000 Street Repair Requests: What Tacoma’s 311 Data Shows

💰 Washington’s Tax Repeal Measure Goes Beyond the Millionaires Tax

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Northwest Lumpia has been turning out its Filipino specialty in Tacoma since 2011, but its schedule is anything but typical: the drive-through is open just three hours on Fridays and Saturdays. Charles and Rebecca Marbas have built the business around lumpia, with a lineup that ranges from Filipino-inspired fillings to a rotating set of creative flavors.

The News Tribune’s new profile takes readers behind the menu and into the couple’s small, focused operation. What goes into keeping dozens of flavors in rotation—and why do the owners prefer this limited-hours approach?

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Tacoma residents have filed more than 14,000 street and sidewalk repair requests over the past decade, and a new map highlights where pothole-related reports have concentrated. The News Tribune found clusters along parts of Sixth Avenue, North Orchard Street and McKinley Avenue.

The city uses 311 reports alongside pavement and traffic information to decide whether a road needs a patch, surface treatment or a larger rebuild. Here’s how the report hotspots line up with Tacoma’s approach to street repairs—and how to flag a pothole on your own route.

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Washington voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to repeal a new 9.9% tax on income above $1 million. Initiative 645 would also prohibit future state and local taxes on individual income, making its reach broader than the tax itself.

The measure would not tax someone simply for owning a million-dollar home. The tax itself is scheduled to take effect in 2028. Here’s what the initiative would change, what the state estimates it could mean for public funding, and which claims deserve a closer look.

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