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Saturday, May 03
Source: (Salem) Today's Sunbeam , (Newark) Star-Ledger , Associated Press via USA Today , Washington Blade , Crosscut (Seattle) TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey on Friday became the third state to allow workers paid time off to care for a sick family member or new child, with the signing of a law more than...
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Saturday, May 03
Source: (Salem) Today's Sunbeam , (Newark) Star-Ledger , Associated Press via USA Today , Washington Blade , Crosscut (Seattle) TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey on Friday became the third state to allow workers paid time off to care for a sick family member or new child, with the signing of a law more than...
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Sunday, March 16
Source: Associated Press via Seattle Times Olympia, Wash. (AP) Call it the Seinfeld session: 60 days about nothing. With a few of the usual exceptions, such as budget battles and dealing with genuine emergencies like the December floods, lawmakers spent the winter fine-tuning the ambitious and expensive...
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Sunday, March 16
Source: Associated Press via Seattle Times Olympia, Wash. (AP) Call it the Seinfeld session: 60 days about nothing. With a few of the usual exceptions, such as budget battles and dealing with genuine emergencies like the December floods, lawmakers spent the winter fine-tuning the ambitious and expensive...
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Wednesday, March 12
Source: Spokesman Review , Seattle Post Intelligencer , legislative press release Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation today expanding domestic partnership rights and responsibilities in Washington. “This bill strengthens Washington by strengthening families,” Gregoire said in prepared remarks. “It...
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Tuesday, March 11
Governor Christine Gregoire is scheduled to sign the Domestic Partnership Expansion Bill [see Qnews summary ] in Olympia tomorrow ( Wednesday March 12th ). The signing ceremony, which is open to the public, will take place in the State Reception Room, on the third floor of the Legislative Building. Connie...
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Tuesday, March 04
Source: Oregonian , Seattle Post Intelligencer OLYMPIA -- For the third consecutive year, lawmakers have pushed a gay-rights bill through the Washington Legislature. The Senate passed House Bill 3104, proposed by Rep. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, by 29-20 along a mostly party-line vote. The bill grants...
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Saturday, February 16
Source: Associated Press via Seattle Times and 365gay.com OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The House on Friday passed a measure to expand the state's domestic-partnership law by granting same-sex couples more than 170 of the benefits and responsibilities given to married couples. The bill passed 62-32 after very...
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Wednesday, February 13
While we applaud the Washington State legislature for creating the domestic partnership registry in 2007, and we support the rapid passage of the 2008 domestic partnership expansion bill this year, National Freedom to Marry Week, February 10-16, 2008, is the perfect opportunity to remind your elected...
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Friday, February 01
Source: Spokesman Review , Associated Press via TNT , and KUOW Off–the–wall questions from a lawmaker, a tearful police officer, and talk of deviant behavior: These were the elements Tuesday at a legislative hearing on a proposal to expand Washington's Domestic Partnership law. The House committee...
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