Politics & Policy
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News
U.S. House to the environment: Die!
Drastic budget cuts planned by a Republican Congress may have a dramatic effect on the environment.
by Rick Keister, Sep 04, 1995 -
News
Washington voters win vote on takings bill
Washington voters will get to vote in November on whether to scrap their state's Initiative 164, the most extreme takings law in the nation.
by Ben Jacklet, Aug 07, 1995 -
Related Stories
Memo incontinence strikes again
Washington Republican Sen. Slade Gorton is embarrassed by the disclosure of memos showing his close ties to industry in his attempts to weaken environmental laws.
by Paul Larmer, Jul 24, 1995 -
News
Legislature votes to hamstring Washington state
The Washington Legislature's approval of Initiative 164 creates the most far-reaching "takings" law in the nation.
by Ken Olsen, May 29, 1995 -
Feature
Politics 101: The new politics has no room for a giant gentleman
A reporter travels through Washington state's 5th congressional district to try to understand the November election defeat of Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley after 30 years in office.
by Bruce Selcraig, May 29, 1995 -
Heard Around the West
Heard Around the West
A digest of news reports on militias and the reaction to them in the West in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing.
by Ed Marston, May 15, 1995 -
News
Will the bill's authors please stand?
A memo shows lobbyists wrote most of a bill scaling back the Endangered Species Act.
by Elizabeth Manning, May 01, 1995 -
News
Is it politics, or is it revolution?
Republican take-over and states' rights furor threaten environmental regulations throughout West.
by Steve Stuebner, Apr 17, 1995 -
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County commissioner courts bloodshed
County Commissioner Dick Carver...
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995 -
News
James Watt charged with felonies
Former Interior Secretary James Watt is indicted by a federal grand jury for lying to Congress and obstructing an investigation of fraud.
by Anders Halverson, Mar 06, 1995 -
Essays
The word according to a weighty Republican
Alaska Republican Don Young, new chairman of the House Resource Committee, denounces environmentalism and offers his own conservative philosophy.
by Angela Bouwsma, Mar 06, 1995 -
Essays
Cecil Andrus knew how to take a stand
Former Idaho governor Cecil Andrus leaves a legacy of environmental reform - and controversy - behind him.
by Rocky Barker, Feb 20, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Trimming pork the green way
The Green Scissors Report offers environmental suggestions for trimming federal budget.
by Ross Freeman, Feb 20, 1995 -
News
Governor overrules voters
Republican Gov. Fife Symington overrules Arizona voters on takings legislation.
by Ross Freeman, Feb 20, 1995 -
News
Feds targeted by louder thunder from below
More than 500 attend conservative Western summit in January.
by Jim Woolf, Jan 23, 1995






