12-year effort to provide funding for oil spill protection achieved
Posted by Kevin Ranker
OLYMPIA -- Thanks to concerned and sustained prevention efforts at the state level, there hasn't yet been a major oil spill in Puget Sound.
State Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-San Juan, says there is still critical work to be done to keep it that way.
Ranker sponsored legislation that passed into law in 2009 capping a twelve year effort at the state and federal level to develop a sustainable funding mechanism for the Neah Bay Rescue Tug -- the first and best defense to a Gulf of...
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What's the Matter With Arizona?
Posted by Dean M. Nielsen, Regional Director

Progressive Majority State Treasurer candidate
Andrei Cherny was asked by the national publication
POLITICO to write in response to the question, "What's the Matter with Arizona?"
His insightful piece goes to prove what we've said all along - that bold, progressive ideals can and should win, even in the home of John McCain and one of the redist of red states...
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$40 Million Dollar Republican Threat
Posted by Jeff Lucas, Online Manager
Last week, there was a good article in the
Washington Post about the Republican State Leadership Council (RSLC) and a new brand organization called American Majority Project (AMP). Their work is nearly identical to the work of Progressive Majority - only they help to elect conservatives.
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