Excerpt: | Read NPI alum Patrick Stickney's assessment of the legal challenge to ESSB 5096, the most important tax reform legislation passed in decades, which is being contested in court in a pair of cases known as Quinn et al v. State of Washington et al. |
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Published at: | 1:16 PM on Monday, January 24th, 2022 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Litigation |
Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Author Archives: Patrick Stickney
Lawsuits challenging Washington’s new state capital gains tax on the wealthy seek to re-rig our tax code in favor of the rich — indefinitely
“We have to make them give it to us”: the power of organizing to push for immigrant rights
Excerpt: | In the last panel for the day before the closing keynote, the panelist discuss the efforts that have been made to make sure the voices of immigrants are being heard and policy gains are made. The panel was moderated by former AZ state senator Alfredo Gutierrez, who spoke as part of the opening keynote Thursday […] |
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Published at: | 4:27 PM on Saturday, July 18th, 2015 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Civil Liberties, Live Coverage |
Tags: | Netroots Nation |
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Netroots Nation panel tackles the question: How do we build progressive political power?
Excerpt: | Welcome to the second day of Netroots Nation 2015! We’re kicking things off today with a another round of breakout sessions. I’m at a panel on building progressive political power, moderated by Representative Keith Ellison (D‑MN). Netroots Nation has a livestream for this panel, which we have embedded below: This panel showcased mutliple perspectives on […] |
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Published at: | 9:07 AM on Friday, July 17th, 2015 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Live Coverage |
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The Progressive Christian Movement You Never Knew You Needed to Organize
Excerpt: | It’s the last panel of the day at Netroots Nation, but energy still seems high. We start out the panel with a video by the Reverend William Barber, who was unable to make it to the convention because of a court case. In this video he talks about the need for a rhetoric of morality, […] |
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Published at: | 5:09 PM on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Live Coverage |
Tags: | Human Rights, Netroots Nation |
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An in-depth look at the April 22nd special election: Results from across the state
Excerpt: | Although the demise of King County Proposition 1 was the most noteworthy outcome of last night’s special election, it’s important to remember there were other measures on the ballot as well. According to the Washington Secretary of State’s office, there were thirty-five ballot measure on the ballot across the state. Turnout was depressed this April, which […] |
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Published at: | 10:31 AM on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Economic Security, Elections, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Strong Commonwealth, WA-Ballot |
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Ending the anti-tax mantra: Boeing and the Association of Washington Business support raising taxes to help themselves
Excerpt: | As the Washington State legislature enters its seventh special session in three years, disrupting fall plans, meetings, and speaking appearances for the members of both state houses, the session called by Governor Inslee deserves notice for where key players in statewide budget and revenue fights are lining up–mainly that Boeing and the Association of Washington Business have come out in support […] |
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Published at: | 8:15 AM on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy |
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Live from Whatcom County: Election Night Coverage
Excerpt: | After all of the long hours, canvassing, phone calls, tears, endorsements, the day (or night has arrived) where we hear whether or not we’ll have a county council that will oppose the Cherry Point coal terminal, protect local water quality, and supports workers, or one that will continue to keep Whatcom County out of alignment […] |
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Published at: | 8:07 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Breaking News |
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Live from Whatcom: Senate Republican Transportation Listening Tour
Excerpt: | It’s been a foggy day here in Bellingham, but the low visibility has not kept people from coming to the Bellingham leg of the Senate Republican’s listening tour, because this place is packed. As we covered earlier this month, Bellingham was not originally a place scheduled to be part of the tour, but the size […] |
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Published at: | 6:29 PM on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Unscheduled Programming |
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Max Fisher’s “40 Maps” and the impact of framing on American politics and public policy
Excerpt: | Over the past week, an infographic has been making its way around the internet called “40 maps that explain the world”, based off another web page which used the “40 maps” theme. Collected by Max Fisher of the Washington Post, it shows cartographical depictions of anything from the four different countries a Russian professor believes the United […] |
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Published at: | 4:00 PM on Monday, August 19th, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
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American-ness and the Promise of Global Democracy
Excerpt: | As governments transition and Egypt is figuring out what to do in the aftermath of a military coup, it is important to recognize this is not an event devoid of context, but is a product of a long history, one in which we have had no small part. “Wait a second”, it might be said,“what’s with […] |
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Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, July 29th, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Unscheduled Programming, Views & Reviews, World Commmunity |
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Inslee and Higher Ed: Disappointing
Excerpt: | The past week has not been a good one for higher education. As Governor Inslee (looking back to before November, it feels nice to call him ‘Governor’), released his budget priorities last Thursday, it included a recommendation for tuition to increase 3–5% (3 percent for regional universities like Western Washington University, 5 percent for Washington […] |
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Published at: | 11:19 PM on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Education, Legislative Advocacy |
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Whichever way the Supreme Court decides the Quinn case, it will be making public policy