Excerpt: | As of next Saturday, we will be one month ahead of the August Top Two election and four months ahead of the November general election, which this year fall on the fifth days of each month. Because July 5th is a Saturday, and because July 4th is a holiday, that means the deadline for submitting […] |
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Published at: | 12:37 PM on Thursday, June 26th, 2014 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Only three statewide initiatives likely to show up on Washington’s November 2014 ballot
Republicans (predictably) filibuster Elizabeth Warren’s bill to ease student loan debt
Excerpt: | A bill sponsored by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to ease student loan debt has sadly become the latest worthy piece of legislation to be stalled in the United States Senate by the Republican Party, which might as well officially rename itself the Party of No (because that is its answer to just about every good idea). […] |
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Published at: | 8:34 PM on Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Economic Security, Education, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Consumer Protection, Higher Education |
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Eric Cantor to resign as House Majority Leader within weeks as David Brat celebrates
Excerpt: | Following his defeat in last night’s Virginia primary, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has decided to step down as Majority Leader in advance of the end of his term in office, setting off a scramble for his position between multiple Republicans. In the caucus that holds the House majority, the position of Majority Leader is […] |
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Published at: | 1:11 PM on Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Elections, Party Politics, Public Service |
Tags: | VA-07 |
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WOW: Eric Cantor unexpectedly losing to Tea Party challenger; looks like he’s finished
Excerpt: | Big, big, big news tonight out of the Old Dominion: John Boehner’s second in command in the House Republican caucus, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, appears to have unexpectedly lost his seat in Congress. Election results out of Virginia show that Republican voters in today’s low turnout primary are heavily favoring Cantor’s Tea Party challenger David […] |
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Published at: | 5:41 PM on Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
Tags: | VA-07 |
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Tragedy strikes again: One dead, several hurt in mass shooting at Seattle Pacific University
Excerpt: | America’s deadly gun violence epidemic has once again visited Washington State. Today, at Seattle Pacific University, one young person was killed and several others were critically and seriously hurt by an unidentified gunman who walked into Otto Miller Hall and began shooting at students early in the afternoon. The gunman was tackled and subdued by an […] |
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Published at: | 8:20 PM on Thursday, June 5th, 2014 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Elections, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership, WA-Ballot |
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Tim Eyman’s latest slew of initiatives includes scheme to end Seattle’s new $15/hour wage
Excerpt: | Having apparently decided that it’s been too long since his initiative factory received any media coverage, Tim Eyman yesterday used a tried and tested gambit for drumming up publicity: He filed a slew of initiatives to the Legislature and then fired off a promotional email to what’s left of the state’s political press corps. Two of […] |
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Published at: | 5:42 PM on Thursday, June 5th, 2014 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Economic Security, Elections, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Fair Wages & Benefits, WA-Ballot |
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Roberts Court’s logic: Corporations are people, so they’re entitled to religious liberty