December 11, 2018
MY Northwest, Hanna Scott, December 10, 2018- On the heels of their win with the passage of gun safety measure I-1639, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility released its 2019 legislative priorities last week. “This is the most robust agenda we’ve ever proposed,” said Tallman Trask with the alliance. “Usually, we have a …
December 10, 2018
Conservative Firing Line, Dave Workman, December 6, 2018- The Seattle-based gun control lobby has announced its Washington State legislative priorities for 2019, and among them are state preemption, possession of so-called “high-capacity magazines,” and open carry, according to a news release. This comes on the heels of passage of Initiative 1639, the restrictive …
November 15, 2018
The National Law Review, November 14, 2018- As previously reported , Oregon and Washington state residents headed to the polls on November 6, 2018 to vote on initiatives that would preemptively ban new soda and food taxes. Despite similarities in terms of context and likelihood to succeed, the two initiatives …
November 12, 2018
The Independent, Brandon Hansen, November 9, 2018- Results from the Nov. 6 election showed initiative I-1634 passing by just over ten points at 55.09% to 49.91% with more than 2.5 million ballots counted. The measure, backed by the soda industry, including major soda companies The Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo, was …
November 7, 2018
Center for Science in the Public Interest, Margo Wootan, November 6, 2018- Big Soda’s campaign to preempt local soda taxes using ballot initiatives in Washington State and Oregon is much like its campaign to get people to drink soda in the first place: big, loud, expensive, and—most of all—misleading. The industry knows …