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Things To Know: Proposals headed for November ballot in Oregon

July 12, 2016, 10:14am Election

Citizen groups have handed the final signatures for ballot initiatives to the Oregon Secretary of State, which has until early August to determine which proposals make the cut for the November ballot. Read story

Trump adviser: Women should decide on abortion

July 10, 2016, 10:13pm Election

One of Donald Trump’s potential running mates said Sunday that women should be the ones to decide whether or not to have abortions. Read story

Forums give voters chance to listen to candidates

July 9, 2016, 6:01am Clark County News

The League of Women Voters of Clark County is hosting several candidate forums before the August primary election. Read story

Tim Eyman looks on from the gallery during a hearing on the legality of his latest anti-tax measure in King County Superior Court in January in Seattle.

Election watchdog votes to send Eyman case to AG

Tim Eyman looks on from the gallery during a hearing on the legality of his latest anti-tax measure in King County Superior Court in January in Seattle.

July 8, 2016, 5:44pm Election

At a special meeting Friday, all four members of the state's Public Disclosure Commission voted to send a case involving initiative promoter Tim Eyman to the attorney general's office, said Lori Anderson, spokeswoman for the commission. Read story

Joseph Backholm, left, executive director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, shakes hands with Yes Segura, of the LGBTQ Allyship, after the two spoke following Segura&#039;s group&#039;s attempt to confront supporters of proposed Initiative 1515 on Thursday in Lynnwood.

Effort to overturn transgender bathroom rule falls short

Joseph Backholm, left, executive director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, shakes hands with Yes Segura, of the LGBTQ Allyship, after the two spoke following Segura&#039;s group&#039;s attempt to confront supporters of proposed Initiative 1515 on Thursday in Lynnwood.

July 8, 2016, 11:15am Election

A group seeking to repeal a state rule allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify failed to collect enough signatures to qualify a ballot measure for the November ballot but says it is not giving up on efforts to change the regulation. Read story

Transgender bathroom initiative falls short

July 7, 2016, 9:12pm Election

The secretary of state's office says backers of a proposed initiative that sought to repeal a state rule allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify will not be turning in signatures. Read story

Signatures turned in for gun access initiative

July 7, 2016, 12:20pm Election

Supporters of a proposed ballot measure that would allow family members or police in Washington state to ask a judge to temporarily prevent a person from possessing a firearm if they are a threat to themselves or others have turned in more than 330,000 signatures. Read story

Paul Harris

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Paul Harris

July 6, 2016, 6:45pm Clark County News

As he seeks a fourth term, state Rep. Paul Harris is once again defending his status as a conservative Republican to members of his own party. Read story

The Hazel Dell WinCo grocery store on Highway 99 has gone to court to keep signature-gatherers off its property, with a judge on June 30 approving a temporary restraining order.

WinCo sues to stop signature-gatherers at Highway 99 store

The Hazel Dell WinCo grocery store on Highway 99 has gone to court to keep signature-gatherers off its property, with a judge on June 30 approving a temporary restraining order.

July 6, 2016, 3:12pm Business

When WinCo’s employee owners say “no solicitors,” they mean it. Read story

A volunteer grabs a box of signed petitions in support of a ballot measure to raise Washington state's minimum wage, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Olympia, Wash. Initiative 1433 seeks to incrementally increase the state's rate over the next four years to $13.50 an hour and to provide paid sick leave to employees who don't currently have it.

Supporters of increasing minimum wage turn in signatures

A volunteer grabs a box of signed petitions in support of a ballot measure to raise Washington state's minimum wage, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Olympia, Wash. Initiative 1433 seeks to incrementally increase the state's rate over the next four years to $13.50 an hour and to provide paid sick leave to employees who don't currently have it.

July 6, 2016, 1:20pm Election

Supporters of raising Washington state’s minimum have turned in more than 360,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure that seeks to incrementally increase the state’s rate over the next four years to $13.50 an hour. Read story