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Daily Archives: August 23rd, 2011

Earthquake strikes near D.C.: Nation’s capital gets a taste of a major hazard we live with

Excerpt: An hour ago, a sig­nif­i­cant earth­quake struck near one of the Unit­ed States’ most pop­u­lat­ed areas, caus­ing minor dam­age, dis­rupt­ing trav­el, and prompt­ing evac­u­a­tions of build­ings. But unusu­al­ly, the pop­u­lat­ed area that this quake affect­ed was not in Cal­i­for­nia, or on the Left Coast, or even west of the Rocky Moun­tains, where earth­quakes are an […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, Public Planning
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NO on I‑1183 campaign gets big boost from Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America

Excerpt: The effort to pro­tect Wash­ing­ton State from Cost­co’s newest liquor pri­va­ti­za­tion scheme (Ini­tia­tive 1183, which will be in the Novem­ber bal­lot) has just received a mas­sive resource boost from a pow­er­ful nation­al trade organization. Last week, the Wine & Spir­its Whole­salers of Amer­i­ca wrote Pro­tect Our Com­mu­ni­ties (the cam­paign to defeat I‑1183) a series of […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Economic Security, Policy Topics
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