| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of a bill to patch the Paycheck Protection Program and transmission of a five-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to conference with the Senate. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, May 31st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 25th-29th)
The Pandemic is Personal: NPI’s Bobby Aiyer on graduating high school during COVID-19
| Excerpt: | NPI's Transit Advocate writes about what it's like to be a senior during the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic, which unexpectedly ended the Class of 2020's in-person learning. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, May 30th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Education, Policy Topics, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, School Funding, Testing & Evaluation, The Pandemic is Personal |
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Scramble for the Senate: Can Democrats show Colorado’s Cory Gardner the door?
| Excerpt: | If Joe Biden wants his policy agenda to be enacted, the Democrats have to win the Senate. Can they flip Cory Gardner's seat in Colorado? |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, May 29th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Tags: | CO-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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Most Washingtonians not sure who they’ll vote for in state’s 2020 Supreme Court races
| Excerpt: | Only one in five voters surveyed express a preference between recently appointed Justices G. Helen Whitener and Raquel Montoya-Lewis and their challengers Richard Serns and David Larson. |
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| Published at: | 3:45 PM on Thursday, May 28th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Judi |
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COVID-19 Update: Food, fraud, the homeless, strikes, the courts and miscalculations
| Excerpt: | In Washington, food processing plants are becoming hotspots for both disease and dissatisfaction, Oregon's Supreme Court has told a circuit court judge to explain at length why he thinks Governor Brown overstepped her authority, and Idaho is implementing a new plan for testing and tracking. |
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| Published at: | 10:45 PM on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare, Policy Topics, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Criminal Justice, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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To ensure Black Lives Matter, we must scrap oppressive systems for equity-based ones
| Excerpt: | The Northwest Progressive Institute is responding to the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd by committing to organize for systemic change to ensure that Black Lives Matter. |
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| Published at: | 3:00 PM on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Criminal Justice, Nondiscrimination |
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Let’s think + act beyond presidential politics to build a progressive agenda for America
| Excerpt: | In this thoughtful longread, MLK County Democratic Chair Shasti Conrad outlines a path forward for progressive activists and movement leaders following the suspension of the Sanders and Warren campaigns. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy, Party Politics |
| Tags: | Partybuilding, US-Pres |
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Massive unemployment fraud reminds us that online signature gathering is a terrible idea
| Excerpt: | The last thing anyone who cares about the integrity of our democracy should want to do is lessen public confidence in elections, which is exactly what would happen if online signature gathering were to be permitted. |
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| Published at: | 1:30 PM on Monday, May 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Signature Requirements, WA-Ballot |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 18th-22nd)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the Mitch McConnell engineered confirmations of Trump nominees John Ratcliffe (to be DNI) and James Trainor (to the FEC). |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, May 24th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Scramble for the Senate: Can Democrats pick up a seat in Arizona with Mark Kelly?
| Excerpt: | Democrats have high hopes that they can unseat Arizona's Republican Senator Martha McSally with the husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, May 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | AZ-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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Matt Shea is leaving the Legislature. Are his wings clipped, or is he now unrestrained?
| Excerpt: | The militant extremist has decided not to seek another term, but that doesn't mean he is no longer a menace to Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Thursday, May 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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COVID-19 Update: Pacific Northwest states gingerly move forward with reopening plans