By a vote of two hundred and fifty seven to one hundred and sixty-seven, the United States House of Representatives has passed H.R. 8, making permanent the Bush tax cuts for those making less than $400,000 a year, extending aid to the uneployed, and delaying the automatic reductions to federal expenditures that were set to […]
Daily Archives: January 1st, 2013
Posted inHolidays, Legislative Advocacy
New laws for 2013, Washington State edition
New Year’s Day is more than just a festive holiday and a turning point on the Gregorian calendar. It’s also the occasion when many laws and administrative rules go into effect, as prescribed by our Legislature. Here’s a summary of some of the new laws and rules taking effect in Washington today: The minimum wage in […]
Posted inHolidays, Series & Special Reports
Banished Words for 2013
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on December 30th, 2012, and republished on New Year’s Day 2013. Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2013 (and thirty-eighth annual) edition, for […]
Posted inAnnouncements, Holidays, Legislative Advocacy
Happy New Year: Welcome 2013!
2013 has begun! On behalf of the team at NPI, I’d like to wish all of our readers, donors, and volunteers a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. 2013 holds special significance for us, because it is NPI’s tenth year. We’ll be celebrating this remarkable milestone that you’ve helped make possible all year long — online, at […]