The team at NPI is excited to announce that the reception for this year’s Spring Fundraising Gala (to be held Saturday, April 7th at the Renton Community Center) will be hosted by hydroplane legend Chip Hanauer.
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Posted inMedia & Culture
At Everett Library, crowd gathers to discuss Trump, fascism, and white supremacism
Read NPI’s recap of yesterday’s symposium on right wing extremism with investigative journalists David Neiwert and Scott North, titled The Radical Right and Its Effects on Communities.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy files initiative to put a price on pollution in 2018
Following the Legislature’s failure to reach agreement on a plan to put a price on pollution in Washington State, the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy (of which NPI is a member) has announced that it is moving forward with plans to qualify an initiative to the November ballot that would impose a fee on emissions.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Victory! Legislature sends Governor Inslee bill banning invasive fish farms from our waters
A bill that would phase out the farming of invasive, nonnative fish in Washington’s waters and entirely prohibit it in the future has left the Legislature tonight and is on its way to Governor Inslee following a successful vote in the Senate.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Governor Inslee vetoes ESB 6617; media and legislators agree to public records ceasefire
In a victory for sense and sensibility, Governor Jay Inslee tonight vetoed an extremely unpopular bill passed by the Legislature last week that would have permanently shielded lawmakers from having to comply with Washington State’s public records laws until after July 1st, 2018.
Posted inElections
Republicans Jay Rodne, Michael Baumgartner will not seek reelection to state Legislature
Two Republican legislators in key districts announced separately yesterday that they will be leaving the Washington State Legislature at the end of this year as opposed to seeking reelection in what many observers believe could be a wave year for the Democratic Party not unlike the 2006 midterms twelve years ago.