Category Archives: Press Releases

La Voz circulates 22,000 Spanish-language Voter Registration Forms

Regional Latino newspaper La Voz is including Spanish-language Washington State voter registration forms in copies of the publication, distributing a total of 22,000 over the course of three weeks. The July 24th issue included registration forms in papers distributed throughout locations in Tri-Cities and Yakima, the July 31st issue will distribute forms to Othello, […]

Hastings misleading on gas crisis

During this year’s election campaign, Representative Doc Hastings continues to repeat his party’s talking points on soaring gas prices, without offering a real solution or taking accountability for his steadfast support of big oil companies.
Prices at the pump have almost tripled since Bush took office. To know where Rep. Hastings’ allegiances lie, one has only […]

Fearing Salutes Senator Murray for Protecting Family Wage Jobs at Hanford

This week Senator Patty Murray led the effort to include over $2 billion dollars for the Hanford cleanup effort. Sen. Murray’s critical role on the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development was the impetus for leveraging the additional money.
Leveraging this money will ensure that 400 family-wage jobs stay in the Tri-Cities. In a statement, George […]

Fearing Responds to Hastings Partisan Bickering

Congressman Richard Hastings has spent his political life engaging in partisan conflict, and our children are paying the price.
On June 4, the Star ran a press release from Congressman Hastings on his failure to have Congress adopt two amendments he proposed to an education bill related to the federal government’s responsibilities under the Impact Aid […]

4th CD Democrats Unanimously Endorse George Fearing

4th CD Democrats unanimously endorse George Fearing for Congress
Vote taken at Convention in Yakima
(Yakima) Saturday, two hundred Democrats turned out for the 4th Congressional District nominating convention at Eisenhower High School in Yakima. The 4th Congressional District spans Central Washington including Yakima, Tri-Cities, Wenatchee, Ellensburg, Moses Lake and Othello. Ten Central Washington Counties are within […]