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Daily Archives: July 6th, 2016

Tim Eyman broke the law with ad campaign against Democratic legislators, PDC confirms

Excerpt: Ini­tia­tive prof­i­teer Tim Eyman has once against been bust­ed for seri­ous vio­la­tions of Wash­ing­ton State’s pub­lic dis­clo­sure laws. Staff at the Pub­lic Dis­clo­sure Com­mis­sion — Wash­ing­ton’s equiv­a­lent of the Fed­er­al Elec­tions Com­mis­sion — have fin­ished inves­ti­gat­ing a com­plaint filed by NPI part­ner Wash­ing­to­ni­ans For Eth­i­cal Gov­ern­ment sev­er­al weeks ago which alleges that Eyman and his asso­ciates […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Breaking News, Elections, Open Government
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NRA can expect another defeat this fall: NPI poll finds massive support for I‑1491 in WA

Excerpt: The Nation­al Rifle Asso­ci­a­tion and the gun lob­by arrayed around it may have a lot of influ­ence in Con­gress and state leg­is­la­tures around the coun­try, includ­ing Wash­ing­ton’s, but an over­whelm­ing major­i­ty of vot­ers in the Ever­green State are ready to stand up to them and once again vote to strength­en gun safe­ty laws, a recent […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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