| Excerpt: | "Initiative Measure 976 contains more than one subject, and its subject is not accurately expressed in its title. Accordingly, it is unconstitutional," the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled. |
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| Published at: | 4:40 PM on Thursday, October 15th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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HUGE VICTORY: Washington’s highest court rules Tim Eyman’s I‑976 is unconstitutional!
Tim Eyman claims he sold the family home to pay legal bills, but there’s no record of a sale
| Excerpt: | Rather than accepting responsibility for his wrongdoing, Eyman is asking the people he already duped to bail him out... with a fresh fabrication as a lure. |
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| Published at: | 11:46 AM on Monday, October 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Open Government |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Public Records |
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Donald Trump says that he and Melania Trump have tested positive for SARS-CoV‑2
| Excerpt: | Having spent months utterly failing to protect Americans from COVID-19 and completely disregarding the guidance of public health experts, Donald Trump now finds himself and his wife infected with the virus. |
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| Published at: | 10:44 PM on Thursday, October 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News, Open Government |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Accountable Leaders, US-Pres |
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A smokescreen and a big lie: Trump, climate deniers try to explain away our record fires
| Excerpt: | Climate fires are destroying property and taking lives in Washington, Oregon, and California, putting a face on the climate crisis. Right wing pundits have been reduced to lamely claiming there's no connection. |
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| Published at: | 2:45 PM on Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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Fueled by hot and windy weather, fires rage out of control up and down the Left Coast
| Excerpt: | Firefighters report that they are stretched thin and simply don't have the humanpower or the resources to properly fight the destructive blazes. |
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| Published at: | 10:35 PM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Pollution |
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Bob Ferguson, Maura Healey lead multi-state legal challenge to block Arctic Refuge drilling
| Excerpt: | A coalition of states from the Left Coast, Great Lakes region, and New England is going to court to stop the desecration of America's greatest wilderness. |
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| Published at: | 2:35 PM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Will 2020 be the year in which climate justice finally becomes a prevalent federal priority?
| Excerpt: | Always, always climate and environment get eclipsed as Election Day draws near. But even if our planet's fever doesn't get the attention it should, 2020 could still be a major turning point. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution, US-Pres |
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Despite pandemic, Sound Transit’s East Link Line 2 remains on track for 2023 completion
| Excerpt: | The agency and its contractors are now at about ninety percent of civil construction and the structural work on the Downtown Bellevue Tunnel, one of the most important segments of the line, is complete. |
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| Published at: | 4:20 PM on Thursday, August 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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COVID-19 Update: Many school districts plan to open for the fall in remote-only mode
| Excerpt: | As the 2020-2021 school year approaches, the longer-term repercussions of the nation's failure to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic are starting to become painfully apparent. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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Netroots Nation 2020 opens with “biggest, baddest, blackest panel of the summer”
| Excerpt: | Speakers included Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado, Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party, likely future U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman, and Stacey Abrams. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Events, Open Government, Party Politics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Fair Elections, Netroots Nation, Voter Turnout |
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Democratic AGs discuss taking on Trump and building equity at Netroots Nation 2020
| Excerpt: | Attorneys general Phil Weiser, Xavier Becerra, Keith Ellison, and Maura Healey helped kickstart the conference with a substantive panel discussion. |
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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Tammi Laster |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Economic Security, Events |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Criminal Justice, Netroots Nation, Nondiscrimination |
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Equity, climate justice, and public health go hand in hand, Netroots Nation panelists say
| Excerpt: | The world is grappling with a novel coronavirus pandemic while climate damage grows ever worse. Netroots Nation 2020 decided to explore how systemic inequality defines both fights. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Other Categories: | Events, Our Environment, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Global Health, Netroots Nation, Pollution |
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With I‑976 kaput, transit advocates focus on navigating out of the coronavirus pandemic