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Nanny Seattlenew

With new restrictions on stripping, booze, and smoking, Seattle's nannies are in full scold mode, and progressives are the biggest party poopers of all.
Seattle Weekly  |  Philip Dawdy  |  01-18-2006  |  Civil Liberties

The Cost of Secrecynew

In Washington state, a citizen pursues meaningful monetary punishment for a county's failure to disclose public records.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson and Chuck Taylor  |  08-03-2005  |  Civil Liberties

Government Seeks List of Visitors to Voting Web Sitenew

Computer-voting watchdog Bev Harris is squaring off with federal authorities over the government's request for information about visitors to her internationally renowned Web site, www.blackboxvoting.org. While Harris is determined to resist the government's investigation, a national expert on press freedom says the Renton, Wash., muckraker will almost certainly face extensive fines or jail time if she refuses to cooperate.
Seattle Weekly  |  George Howland Jr.  |  08-07-2004  |  Civil Liberties

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