Alaska considers instant runoff voting statewide
Voters on gubernatorial primary ballots may decide if Alaska adopts instant runoff, replacing majority voting with preferential ballots. If no candidate clears 50 percent, lowest is eliminated and second choices counted until a winner emerges. Proponents say it helps third parties. opponents call it costly and confusing.
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Juneau
Alaska
San Francisco
London
Republican
Democrat
Mark Chryson
Alaskan Independence Party
Alaska League of Women Voters
League
Cheryl Jebe
Pallotta TeamWorks Shuts Down After Major Walk Events
A for-profit company behind AIDS and breast cancer charity walks shuts its doors and lays off over 250 employees in Los Angeles. Dan Pallotta says shutdown preserves future events, with three breast cancer walks still planned for October in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York. The firm previously ran AIDSRidesUSA and Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day walks, generating about 43 million dollars from 10 walks this year.
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Los Angeles
la Pallotta Team
Dan Pallotta
Janna Sidley
Atlanta
New York
Sidley
Pallotta TeamWorks
Methodist Church revives complaint against lesbian minister
The United Methodist Church moves to revive a case against Rev. Karen Dammann who acknowledged a partnered homosexual relationship. An investigative panel in the Pacific Northwest halted trial, and lawyer Jim Finkbeiner appeals to church bodies arguing legal errors. The dispute now proceeds to a Western Jurisdiction committee, with a ruling expected within six months.
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Seattle
United Methodist Church
Pacific Northwest
Karen Dammann
Jim Finkbeiner
Dammann
Woodland Park
Finkbeiner
Lindsay Thompson
Biscuit Fire nears full perimeter linkage in Oregon
Firefighters near connecting lines around the Biscuit fire in southwest Oregon to form a minimal perimeter protecting communities along the coast and northwest towns. Spokeswoman Betsy Coffee said crews expect the link within days as the wildfire becomes the largest in the nation this year.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Oregon Coast
Betsy Coffee
Arizona
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