Excerpt: | Right wing elected officials in the Tri-Cities are fiercely resisting a challenge brought under the Washington Voting Rights Act to unrig the electoral system in Franklin County. |
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Published at: | 12:00 PM on Monday, September 27th, 2021 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections |
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Monthly Archives: September 2021
The people of Franklin County, Washington deserve fair representation — but they’ll have to overcome Republican opposition to get it
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (September 20th-24th)
Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of a continuing resolution to keep the federal government open as well as the 2021 version of the National Defense Authorization Act and Senate confirmation of several Biden judicial and executive nominees. |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 26th, 2021 |
Written by: | Targeted News Service |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Ready for Northgate Link to be open? Get an advance look inside the new Line 1 stations
Excerpt: | If you'd like to take a peek inside the U District, Roosevelt, and Northgate Stations ahead of the Saturday, October 2nd 2021 opening, we've put together three photo galleries showcasing each one. |
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Published at: | 11:11 AM on Saturday, September 25th, 2021 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Link Light Rail Station Openings, Transportation |
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Herrera Beutler challenger Joe Kent was among the speakers at D.C. rally supporting the January 6th insurrectionists
Excerpt: | The insurgent Republican candidate has Donald Trump's endorsement in the 2022 race for Washington's 3rd Congressional District. The 3rd, like all other congressional districts, will be getting new boundaries prior to the midterms. |
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Published at: | 2:29 PM on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-03 |
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Washington’s Redistricting Commissioners have released their proposed legislative maps
Excerpt: | The proposals are intended to give Washingtonians something to inspect and critique as the Commission moves towards trying to reach a consensus on a final set of maps. The Commission has until November 15th to reach agreement. |
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Published at: | 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections, Redistricting |
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Backers of an Arizona-style election “audit” circus launch wave of lawsuits in Washington
Excerpt: | With no one paying attention to their completely baseless and unfounded allegations, they've decided to up the ante by going to court and wasting public resources rehashing their grievances there. |
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Published at: | 12:35 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections |
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Liberals projected to return to government as initial Canadian snap election results roll in
Excerpt: | "It looks like nobody wanted an election and nobody got what they wanted," remarked Chantal Hébert, speaking to the CBC during its election night coverage. |
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Published at: | 8:21 PM on Monday, September 20th, 2021 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
Tags: | CAN-Federal |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (September 13th-17th)
Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the confirmations of David Estudillo and Angel Kelley to be U.S. District Court Judges in Washington and Massachusetts. |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 19th, 2021 |
Written by: | Targeted News Service |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Poll Watch: Elway Research assesses Seattle’s citywide races one month before ballots drop
Excerpt: | The survey, conducted from September 7th-9th, 2021, shows Bruce Harrell leading for Mayor, Ann Davison leading for City Attorney, and Teresa Mosqueda and Sara Nelson leading for City Council, with many voters undecided. |
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Published at: | 12:51 PM on Thursday, September 16th, 2021 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Poll Watch, WA-Cities |
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Republican recall implodes as Californians give Gavin Newsom big vote of confidence
Excerpt: | Early results show the Democratic governor has decisively survived the Republican Party's attempt to oust him from office with a month and a quarter to go before the end of his first term. |
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Published at: | 9:18 PM on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | CA-Recall |
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Washington gets a new U.S. federal judge: David Estudillo wins Senate confirmation
Excerpt: | Cantwell and Senator Patty Murray, D-Washington, put forward Estudillo’s name and he was nominated to the federal bench in April by President Biden. On September 14th, he was confirmed by a vote of 54-41. |
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Published at: | 5:06 PM on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Categories: | Public Service |
Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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Washington’s Redistricting Commissioners unveil their proposed congressional maps