From The Seattle Times: Apparently emboldened by recent legal victories — including a case being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court — groups opposed to Washington's domestic-partnership law and working [...]

In a rare move, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an order preventing Washington State from releasing the names of more than 120,000 people who signed petitions seeking a voter referendum [...]

In a flurry of legal activity today, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy essentially reimposed a ban on release of the names of those who signed Washington state's Referendum 71 [...]

Microsoft has contributed $100,000 to the campaign to approve Referendum 71, which would uphold a state law to expand domestic-partnership benefits, the Seattle Times reports. The company made the donation [...]

The Washington state attorney general's office announced Friday it will appeal a federal judge's ruling to keep secret the names of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote [...]

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state of Washington to continue shielding the identities of people who signed petitions to force a vote on expanded benefits for gay couples. [...]

UPDATED 17:30 PT -- A judge on Tuesday refused to block a proposed ballot initiative on expanded domestic partnership benefits for gay couples in Washington state. Thurston County Superior Court [...]

Supporters of Washington's "everything but marriage" gay partnerships are continuing their court battle over Referendum 71. R-71's conservative sponsors have collected enough petitions to force a vote on the latest [...]

Washington state's Referendum 71, which will give voters a chance to overturn the new "everything but marriage" same-sex domestic partnership law, has moved a step closer to being on the [...]

The names and addresses of donors to Referendum 71 will not be exempt from public disclosure, the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission ruled Thursday, while another group moved to block [...]

Elections officials say they've now verified more than 100,000 signatures for Referendum 71, an attempt to overturn Washington's new "everything but marriage" same-sex domestic partner law. The totals as of [...]