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Jan 25
2008

Affordable housing movement here

Posted by Editor in Community

About a dozen Anacortes residents got together last night to do something to make more affordable housing available here. Driven by City Council member Erica Pickett, the group said there is an urgent need to do something about affordable housing here.

Pickett said she wanted to know if there were enough people in town who want to work to form a non-profit organization to help increase the

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Jan 24
2008

ONE issue we can all agree on

Posted by Editor in Editors Blog
As a voter and a member of a local chapter of the poverty-fighting group ONE, I have been working with the more than 2.4 million ONE members nationally to make the fight against extreme poverty and global disease an issue in the 2008 presidential election. 

I know global poverty is usually not part of the conversation when it comes to presidential politics.  But through ONE Vote
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Jan 24
2008

Murray Supports Civil Rights Act of 2008

Posted by Editor in Politics, Government
Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Congressman John Lewis, along with more than a dozen Senate colleagues, introduced the Civil Rights Act of 2008, which will strengthen accountability when civil rights and workers’ rights are violated. 
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Jan 23
2008

Cantwell: Congress Must Target High Energy Costs

Posted by Editor in Government
As the price of oil continues to hover at the $100 a barrel mark, and consumers suffer from a slowing economy, today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) urged her colleagues to address the need for investments in new energy sources which can create jobs, save people and businesses money, and over time reduce energy costs along with the economic stimulus package being considered by Congress.
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Jan 23
2008

$278 million in public works investments passes House

Posted by Editor in Government
While presiding over the House Floor debate Wednesday, Speaker pro tem Jeff Morris (D – Mount Vernon) voted in favor of a package that will invest millions in local infrastructure projects throughout Skagit County.  
 
The package of potential projects is created by the Public Works Board -  a non-partisan agency that selects projects submitted by local governments
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