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F in Racial Equality
wa_cover_2009.jpgYakima Herald-Republic covers Washington state report card release. Here's an excerpt from the coverage.
 
"The report, released on the steps of the Capitol Building in Olympia, graded state lawmakers by their votes on 25 or so bills that the organizations believed most affected people of color. The report card gave grades for voting records in civil rights, education, health care, economic, housing, tribal and criminal justice categories.
More than 20 civil rights and social groups, led by the Washington Community Action Network, endorsed the study.
All nine representatives and senators from the 13th, 14th and 15th districts -- all Republicans -- received Fs."

 
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