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| Big Money For Ballot Initiatives, And Re-Licensing Court | Big Money For Ballot Initiatives: More than $1 million was raised and spent for each of the three citizens' initiatives headed for the November ballot. We get some perspectives. Re鈥揕icensing Court: Nearly 300,000 Washingtonians have suspended drivers licenses because they didn't鈥 |
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| Here Comes Nevada | In March this year, five potential presidential candidates kicked off the Iowa caucus season, putting the Hawkeye state once again in the political spotlight. |
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| Former congressman, family find new life in Edmonds | Brian Baird is talking, in paragraphs, about marine snails the size of lentils that are in danger of dying out from the increasing acidity of oceans. He's speaking with authority about how the loss of those pteropods would disrupt up the food chain, and, for a moment, it's as if鈥 |
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| When is an Initiative Not the Will of the People? | A video of a panel discussion with Western Washington University professor Todd Donovan, initiative activist Tim Eyman, and Hugh Spitzer, an affiliate professor of law at the University of Washington, on Tuesday, May 17 at Bellingham City Hall Council Chambers. |
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| 鈥榃hy Iowa?鈥 explains state鈥檚 key role in nomination process | The jab at Iowa鈥檚 first-in-the-nation caucuses is a running joke among politicians who dismiss the event as hokey or inconsequential. But the dig is a bit off-base, according to a new book by the University of Iowa鈥檚 Caroline Tolbert and fellow political scientists David Redlawsk of Rutgers鈥 |
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| Economy sank bonds, schools officials say | The No. 1 reason Mead and Central Valley school district officials think their capital improvement bonds failed Tuesday: the economy. 鈥淚 had dozens of discussions with people who have talked about many things that they are dealing with as far as (economic) issues,鈥 said Thomas Rockefeller鈥 |
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| Effect of new congressional district expected to be mild in Whatcom County | The creation of a new congressional district is likely to shift district boundaries across the state, but the impact on the 2nd District that includes Whatcom County is expected to be minimal. U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, the Democratic incumbent who won a sixth term by a narrow margin in鈥 |
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| Census figures bring 10th representative, more clout to Washington state | Washington's presence in Congress is going to get larger and its clout in electing the next president stronger. |
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| What do the academics say? Tax and public support | Welcome to the latest in our occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. This time it is a paper from David Brockington (University of Plymouth) and Todd Donovan (Western Washington University) looking at the political impact of increasing taxes. |
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| EDITORIAL: Restrict initiatives? One professor prefers the Washington system | Washington, Oregon and California have what is known as 鈥渄irect democracy.鈥 That鈥檚 the political scientists鈥 term for the initiative and referendum. Voters can adopt state laws without help from the legislature. |