Political Science Department
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| Keep pursuing Canadian border reforms | A report card was issued in December on the yearlong progress of the new Beyond the Border Action Plan, announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama on Dec. 7, 2011. The plan was designed to streamline border crossings for people and freight by moving clearance… |
2013-01-08 | |
| Washington governor reflects on 8 years in office | When Gov. Chris Gregoire took office eight years ago, it was against a backdrop of a contested election that led to two recounts and a court challenge. |
2013-01-07 | |
| Gay marriage, marijuana measures take effect Thursday | Washington breaks ground on two historic fronts this week when it becomes legal in this state for same-sex couples to marry and adults to smoke marijuana in their homes. |
2012-12-03 | |
| Democrats coast to victory in some Western states | It has become a truism of West Coast politics, from California to Washington, that the Pacific oceanfront is a kind of Democratopolis, with a culturally linked strip of liberal cities from San Francisco through Portland and Seattle that tilts left, votes left and takes surrounding states along… |
2012-11-29 | |
| Legislature races show that money can't buy everything | If you ever feel depressed about our political system, dismayed by the growing influence of money, and PACs and Super PACs, remember the 27th District state Senate race of 2012. |
2012-11-21 | |
| WWU professor to repay $20,000 to school for unethical travel practices | A Western Washington University administrator who was gone nearly half of his first year on the job will have to repay $20,000 to the university as part of his settlement with the State Executive Ethics Board. Douglas Nord also will have to pay a $5,000 civil penalty as part of the… |
2012-11-15 | |
| As with the nation, red wave failed to crest in Washington | The red wave didn’t materialize nationally, and so far it has failed to show up in Washington, too. Republicans won’t take over the Legislature and will have, at most, as many statewide executive-branch officials and members of Congress as they had before Tuesday’s election. It was even… |
2012-11-08 | |
| Same-sex marriage law leading in Washington | Washington voters are narrowly approving same-sex marriage in the state, following the lead of voters in Maryland and Maine, where ballot measures on same-sex unions also are holding slim leads. With about half of the expected vote counted Tuesday night, Referendum 74 was passing with 53… |
2012-11-07 | |
| Donovan to give post-election overview at noon today | 2012-11-07 | ||
| Tab for governor's race: $46 million | The Washington governor's race will cost more than $46 million by the time the election is over, with the single biggest share of spending coming from out-of-state interest groups. |
2012-11-05 |