Todd Donovan
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| Who's paying? | Four years after the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United rulings unleashed floods of cash into our political system by shadowy "dark money" groups vying to influence elections, Washington state's own campaign finance disclosure laws may become more transparent under… |
2014-01-23 | |
| Consolidation Voting Case Still Complex in 3rd Year | Three years after all the votes were counted in dual votes on an attempt to consolidate city and county governments, the federal lawsuit over the dual-vote requirement in state law continues. And a look at the depositions and other written statements in the case file from the experts for… |
2014-01-06 | |
| Politics makes us dumb | Two questions for the morning after: Who’d you vote against yesterday? And are you feeling smarter yet, now that the fog of politics is lifting? The day after Election Day is, perhaps, not the most opportune time to point this out, but despite our lionization of citizenship and… |
2013-11-06 | |
| Wash. local elections have national implications | Washington state's off-year election features a series of local votes with national implications. In the airport city of SeaTac, a campaign backed by labor unions seeks to raise the minimum wage to $15 for many workers. In Whatcom County, an unprecedented amount of outside money is… |
2013-11-04 | |
| Whatcom County coal controversy sees outside money pouring into coffers of local election campaigns | An unprecedented amount of outside money pouring into local elections in Whatcom County may shape whether the area becomes home to the largest coal shipping terminal on the West Coast. A $600 million Gateway Pacific Terminal project proposed outside Bellingham could export as much as 48… |
2013-10-24 | |
| Outside money, coal shapes Whatcom Co. races | An unprecedented amount of outside money is pouring into local elections in Whatcom County that may shape whether the area becomes home to the largest coal shipping terminal on the West Coast. |
2013-10-23 | |
| The County Council Election That Could Mean Big Things For Coal Exports | Whatcom County could one day be the home of the largest coal export facility on the west coast –- which would transfer up to 54 million tons of coal from trains onto ships bound for Asia. |
2013-10-17 | |
| In Washington’s GMO labeling campaigns, most money from out of state | For a clear picture of how Washington voters are the target of a national food fight over genetically modified ingredients, one need only look at contributions for and against Initiative 522. In this high-stakes battle, the Yes on I-522 campaign has collected more than $4.6 million in… |
2013-10-15 | |
| Washington's GMO Labeling Initiative Fires Up Global Food Industry | Agribusiness and the food industry have pumped a record $17 million into Washington state so far to defeat Initiative 522. That's the ballot measure to require labeling of some foods and beverages with genetically engineered ingredients. Six months ago, it’s doubtful very many… |
2013-10-07 | |
| GMO ballot battle replays in Washington state | Monsanto and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, the largest donors so far in Washington's upcoming ballot contest over labeling genetically engineered foods, know this fight well. They squared off over the same issue in California last year. |
2013-09-27 |