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Daily Archives: December 10th, 2012

Republicans seize control of state Senate with the help of Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon

Excerpt: Sen­ate Repub­li­cans announced today they have for­mal­ly reached a deal with Rod­ney Tom and Tim Shel­don (of the 48th and 35th Dis­tricts, respec­tive­ly) to run Wash­ing­ton’s Sen­ate for the next two years, which means that Democ­rats will be in the minor­i­ty for the first time since the 2006 session. At a press con­fer­ence in Olympia, […]
Published at:1:02 PM on Monday, December 10th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Legislative Advocacy, Party Politics
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A point of personal privilege

Excerpt: As 2012 draws to an end and I head into my sec­ond decade as a pro­gres­sive activist, I want to take a moment to pub­licly say thanks to a num­ber of peo­ple who have helped me and helped NPI get to where it is today. First, thanks to every­one who sup­port­ed and donat­ed to NPI this year. […]
Published at:8:33 AM on Monday, December 10th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Announcements, Meta
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