Excerpt: | Futurewise Executive Director Hilary Franz appears to have earned a spot on the November general election ballot as the Democrat with the most support for Commissioner of Public Lands. She’s currently ahead of four other Democratic candidates — King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove, former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner, Karen Porterfield, and John Stillings. Republican Steve […] |
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Published at: | 9:28 PM on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Exec |
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Hilary Franz ahead of four other Democrats in contest for Commissioner of Public Lands
VICTORY! Delaware Supreme Court declares state’s death penalty law unconstitutional
Excerpt: | A significant victory for human rights has been won today: The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled the state’s death penalty law is unconstitutional – and the only chance at fixing it is to punt the issue to the already-divided General Assembly. The top court released its ruling Tuesday that said Delaware’s current capital punishment statute violates the U.S. Constitution by […] |
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Published at: | 4:52 PM on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Criminal Justice, Human Rights |
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Washingtonians: Vote, vote, vote, vote!
Excerpt: | Readers, a reminder that today is the last day of the August 2016 Top Two Election, the elimination round of our dysfunctional two-part general election system. Ballots must be postmarked or returned by a drop box by 8 PM tonight, or they won’t count. Be sure yours is in, and then remind friends and family […] |
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Published at: | 10:06 AM on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Reminder to Vote |
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Top Two results show Washington Democrats are poised to win both houses of Legislature