Excerpt: | The United States Department of Justice has decided not to seek to overturn Initiative 502, the law approved by voters last year that makes possession of small amounts of marijuana in Washington legal. Governor Jay Inslee announced the news this morning in a joint statement with Attorney General Bob Ferguson: Today we received confirmation Washington’s […] |
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Published at: | 11:28 AM on Thursday, August 29th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Substance Control |
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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Department of Justice won’t sue to overturn I‑502, Washington’s law legalizing marijuana
Rodney Tom and Curtis King’s transportation “listening tour” doesn’t have a Seattle stop
Excerpt: | The Washington State Senate Republican caucus today unveiled a list of dates and locations for the transportation “listening tour” they’ve been promising to hold since the end of the contentious legislative session back at the beginning of the summer. The “tour” will consist of seven public meetings — one each in Bellevue, Vancouver, Tacoma, Spokane, […] |
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Published at: | 8:17 PM on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Transportation |
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Washington State Republicans elect Susan Hutchison to be their new chair through 2014
Excerpt: | A successor to Kirby Wilbur has been chosen: Former KIRO-TV anchor Susan Hutchison has been elected as the new chair of the Washington State Republican Party. At a meeting in Spokane Saturday afternoon, Hutchison defeated the sitting interim GOP chair, Luanne Van Werven in a runoff vote after two other contenders were eliminated. (The final vote […] |
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Published at: | 10:45 PM on Saturday, August 24th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
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Max Fisher’s “40 Maps” and the impact of framing on American politics and public policy
Excerpt: | Over the past week, an infographic has been making its way around the internet called “40 maps that explain the world”, based off another web page which used the “40 maps” theme. Collected by Max Fisher of the Washington Post, it shows cartographical depictions of anything from the four different countries a Russian professor believes the United […] |
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Published at: | 4:00 PM on Monday, August 19th, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
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Felony charges filed against petitioner who submitted fraudulent signatures for Tim Eyman’s I‑1185 and R‑74 in 2012
Excerpt: | A petitioner who state elections officials discovered had submitted thousands of fraudulent signatures last year for Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1185 and for Referendum 74 (the unsuccessful ballot measure to overturn marriage equality) is being prosecuted by Snohomish County for committing a felony, court records show. The Herald of Everett reported today that Julie A. Klein, […] |
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Published at: | 4:16 PM on Friday, August 16th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
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Matchup appears set in Seattle mayor’s race: It’ll be Ed Murray versus Mike McGinn
Excerpt: | Winnowing election night is finally here. Several weeks after voting began, the deadline to turn in ballots has arrived, and the first results are coming in. All eyes, figuratively speaking, are on the state’s largest city, which has the election’s marquee race: a nine-way contest for mayor. Only two of the nine will be moving forward to […] |
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Published at: | 9:40 PM on Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Jeff Bezos agrees to buy The Washington Post and its other D.C. area papers for $250 million
Excerpt: | Wow. Didn’t see this coming: The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) announced today that it has signed a contract to sell its newspaper publishing businesses, including The Washington Post newspaper, to Jeffrey P. Bezos. The purchaser is an entity that belongs to Mr. Bezos in his individual capacity and is not Amazon.com, Inc. “Everyone at the Post Company and […] |
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Published at: | 4:22 PM on Monday, August 5th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Media & Culture |
Tags: | Media Ownership in the Pacific Northwest |
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IRS: LGBT couples who are married can file joint tax returns beginning next year