Political Science Department
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| Tigard names Derek Todd, Martha Wine finalists for city manager job | Tigard City Council has called a special business meeting next week to publicly announce their final pick for city manager, a position vacated two months ago. Derek Todd, a former town administrator in Frederick, Colo., and Martha "Marty" Wine, currently the assistant chief… |
2011-09-29 | |
| State redistricting looking like a conservative shift for southwest | Southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District, which has been controlled by Democrats for most of the last half century, likely would become more Republican under four plans to redraw the state's congressional districts presented in Olympia on Tuesday. |
2011-09-15 | |
| Alberta's Conservative dynasty | Alberta's Tory dynasty will celebrate 40 years in power Tuesday, marking the second-longest majority rule in Canadian history. It was the summer of 1971 when they first took office: iconic Doors frontman Jim Morrison had just been found dead in a Paris bathtub, the Pentagon Papers… |
2011-09-08 | |
| Reardon leading Hope for top county post in run-up to Nov. 8 | This season's primary could prove a fun exercise for reading the political tea leaves, even for some races where both candidates automatically advance to the November election. Take the race between incumbent Democrat Aaron Reardon and Republican Mike Hope for Snohomish County… |
2011-08-17 | |
| Follow the cash in county executive race | Imagine being the top elected official in Snohomish County, a well-known figure with twice the amount of campaign cash to burn as your opponent. Would you spend the money now or save it for later in the campaign? Then put yourself in the other guy's shoes. Would it be better… |
2011-08-08 | |
| 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–Licensing Court: Nearly 300,000 Washingtonians have suspended drivers licenses because they didn't… |
2011-07-26 | |
| 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. |
2011-07-06 | |
| Janet Marino new director of Whatcom Peace and Justice Center | Janet Marino is enthusiastic about her new job, but says, "I would love to put myself out of business." |
2011-07-05 | |
| 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… |
2011-06-22 | |
| State Sen. Ericksen to run for Whatcom County executive | State Sen. Doug Ericksen will run for Whatcom County executive this year, setting up a primary election fight over the seat being vacated by Executive Pete Kremen. Ericksen, a Republican who lives near Ferndale, was first elected to the state House of Representatives in fall 1998; he then… |
2011-06-07 |