Excerpt: | Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, President Barack Obama announced today that his administration has — after a lengthy and repeatedly delayed review process — rejected oil giant TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border. “Now, for years, the Keystone [XL] Pipeline has occupied […] |
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Published at: | 1:39 PM on Friday, November 6th, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Ethical Business, Pollution |
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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Opposition to Eyman’s I‑1366 rises to over 47% statewide in Thursday’s ballot count
Excerpt: | Opposition to Tim Eyman’s incredibly destructive Initiative 1366 has once again gone up for the second consecutive day as county election officials count more ballots. Following King County Elections’ 6:48:13 PM report, opposition to I‑1366 statewide stands at 47.10%, and 59.69% in King County. On Election Night, Eyman had 54% of the vote. As of […] |
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Published at: | 9:35 PM on Thursday, November 5th, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Opposition to Tim Eyman’s I‑1366 grows in King County and across Washington State
Excerpt: | Just-released reports from county elections officials show that opposition to Tim Eyman’s I‑1366 is increasing across Washington State, driving the initiative’s level of support down below 54%, which is where it stood at the end of last night. Voters in Martin Luther King Jr. County, the state’s largest population center, are powering the gains by saying […] |
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Published at: | 6:27 PM on Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Seattle voters shake up school board, City Council — and fund transit
Excerpt: | Seattle’s election night results defy easy categorization. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that voters are mostly content with the progressive trajectory their city is on — but want that to go further, especially when it comes to the school board. All nine City Council seats were up for election, and we know […] |
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Published at: | 11:24 AM on Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 |
Written by: | Robert Cruickshank |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Yakima voters are electing the first majority female city council in history
Excerpt: | Seattle media may not care about what happens east of the mountains, but we certainly do. We’re incredibly excited to report tonight that change is coming to Yakima… big change. As a result of the city’s adoption of district elections (ordered by a federal judge), it appears Yakima will soon have its first female Council […] |
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Published at: | 10:56 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Redmond Mayor John Marchione on his way to a third term; leads challenger Steve Fields
Excerpt: | Hey, Nick Pernisco here for NPI. I’ll be analyzing Eastside election results tonight, and paying particular attention to the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond. There are several hot races on the Eastside this year. At the top of the list is the contest between Claudia Balducci and Jane Hague for King County Council District […] |
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Published at: | 8:58 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 |
Written by: | Nick Pernisco |
Categories: | Elections, Live Coverage |
Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Democrat Claudia Balducci crushes Jane Hague for King County Council, 6th District
Excerpt: | The Eastside of King County continues to turn blue. Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci has emerged victorious over longtime incumbent Republican County Councilmember Jane Hauge in the 6th District (Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island, and environs), capturing nearly sixty percent of the vote in early returns — a stunning, lopsided result that few saw coming. Balducci has made […] |
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Published at: | 8:48 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 |
Written by: | Nick Pernisco |
Categories: | Elections, Live Coverage |
Tags: | WA-Counties |
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Tim Eyman’s I‑1366 ahead in early returns
Excerpt: | Looks like we’re going to have to go back to court to finish off Tim Eyman’s I‑1366. In early returns, Eyman’s awful hostage-taking measure was ahead in most of the state’s important swing counties (like Spokane, Snohomish, Pierce, and Clark) as well as its smaller, more rural ones. It is losing in King, San Juan, […] |
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Published at: | 8:47 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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Progressive councilmembers Shelley Kloba, Dave Asher cruising to reelection in Kirkland
Excerpt: | Kirkland City Councilmembers Shelley Kloba and Dave Asher have each earned new four year terms on the Kirkland City Council, early results show. In the race for Position #2, Kloba is winning big against Chinchilla, who apparently isn’t even a Kirkland resident. He voted in Walla Walla last November, and yet he still came out […] |
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Published at: | 8:28 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 |
Written by: | Nick Pernisco |
Categories: | Elections, Live Coverage |
Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Tim Eyman will apparently spend Election Night 2015 in Seattle… at a Krispy Kreme
Excerpt: | In an email sent to reporters within the last hour, Tim Eyman has announced that he will be venturing out into public for a very brief Election Night party, to be held at a north Seattle Krispy Kreme, on Aurora Avenue. According to the message sent by Eyman, the party (if it can be called […] |
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Published at: | 6:45 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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Today is Election Day in Washington — time to vote NO on I‑1366 and YES on I‑1401
Excerpt: | The big day is finally upon us! Today is Tuesday, November 3rd… Election Day, also known as the last day you can do your civic duty and vote. Tonight we’ll begin to have some idea of who will be governing cities, ports, schools, and counties across Washington State for the next few years (not to […] |
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Published at: | 1:15 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Cities, WA-Counties |
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Voter turnout in Washington State inches towards double digits, with one day to go
Excerpt: | Voter turnout in the 2015 general election is slowly increasing as the deadline to return ballots nears, elections officials are reporting. As of this afternoon, 750,000 ballots had been received by Washington’s thirty-nine county election offices which amounts to 18.9 percent of those issued. Here is the breakdown by county… 11/2/2015 @ 1:45PM County Voters […] |
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Published at: | 4:56 PM on Monday, November 2nd, 2015 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Voter Turnout, WA-Ballot |
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Lisa Herbold, Tammy Morales within striking distance of Shannon Braddock, Bruce Harrell