Excerpt: | The week's major votes included congressional passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2471), Senate passage of the Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 3076), and House passage of the Suspending Energy Imports From Russia Act (H.R. 6968). |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 13th, 2022 |
Written by: | Targeted News Service |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Monthly Archives: March 2022
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 7th-11th)
Move Ahead Washington transportation package gets final legislative approval
Excerpt: | The package's revenue bill passed 54-54 in the House and 29-20 in the Senate, while its appropriations bill passed 57-41 in the House and 30-19 in the Senate. |
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Published at: | 7:45 PM on Thursday, March 10th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Transportation |
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Trainspotting with NPI: Watch Link test trains roll through the Eastside on overhead power
Excerpt: | Each clip in our Trainspotting series is less than two minutes long, and shows Kinkisharyo-made Sound Transit LRVs rolling along portions of the new East Link/Line 2 alignment using overhead power. |
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Published at: | 5:06 PM on Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Trainspotting wth NPI, Transportation |
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Redistricting Chair resigns as commissioners deadlock on intervening in federal lawsuit
Excerpt: | At its March 7th meeting, the four member commission, which is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans -- lost its nonvoting chair, Sarah Augustine, while the commissioners deadlocked on responding to a federal lawsuit that alleges the Voting Rights Act wasn't followed when the new maps were drawn. |
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Published at: | 9:36 PM on Monday, March 7th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Litigation, Party Politics |
Tags: | Redistricting |
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Two NPI priority bills get concurrence and head to Governor Jay Inslee for signature
Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5228 (providing flexible new revenue authority to Sound Transit) and House Bill 1630 (prohibiting the carrying of weapons at local government meetings and election sites) have completed their journey through the legislative process. |
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Published at: | 7:22 PM on Monday, March 7th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership, Transportation |
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In arena after arena, Attorney General Bob Ferguson is getting results for Washington
Excerpt: | The state's three-term chief legal officer has scored an impressive number of wins in a bevy of cases with big ramifications. |
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Published at: | 4:35 PM on Monday, March 7th, 2022 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Categories: | Litigation, Public Service |
Tags: | Clean Campaigns, Fair Elections, Money in Politics |
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Ukrainian forces continue to grimly repel Vladimir Putin’s invaders as war drags on
Excerpt: | This March 6th update discusses recent events in Ukraine, which had been under attack by Vladimir Putin Moscow-based regime for a week and a half as of press time. |
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Published at: | 10:21 PM on Sunday, March 6th, 2022 |
Written by: | Rich Erwin |
Categories: | Breaking News, Series & Special Reports, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Diplomacy & Conflict, Vladimir Putin's War of Aggression Against Ukraine |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (February 28th-March 4th)
Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act and Honoring Our PACT Act along with Senate passage of two Republican-backed resolutions to sabotage America's response to COVID-19. |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 6th, 2022 |
Written by: | Targeted News Service |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Over eight in ten Washington State voters support ban on foreign campaign donations
Excerpt: | 83% percent of 700 likely voters surveyed last month for NPI by Public Policy Polling said they supported banning foreign campaign donations to all candidates and ballot measures at the state and local level in Washington. Just 11% said they were opposed. 6% said they were not sure. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 5th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Open Government, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Clean Campaigns, Research Poll Findings |
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VICTORY! Bill to grant new revenue authority to Sound Transit gets out of state House
Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5528, which now returns to the Senate for concurrence, is prime sponsored by Senator Jamie Pedersen (D-43rd District: Seattle), and championed by Seattle Subway, The Urbanist, the Sierra Club's Cascade Chapter, Transportation Choices Coalition, NPI, and many other organizations. |
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Published at: | 2:12 PM on Friday, March 4th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Transportation |
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O’Rourke, Abbott advance in Texas primary; Cisneros and Cuellar head to runoff
Excerpt: | This week's Texas 2022 midterm primary elections, held on Tuesday, March 1st, produced a few surprises amidst mostly expected results. |
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Published at: | 8:30 AM on Friday, March 4th, 2022 |
Written by: | Rich Erwin |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | TX-24, TX-28, TX-Exec, TX-Gov |
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VICTORY! School seismic safety grant bill clears state House; heads to Governor Inslee
Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5933, one of NPI's top legislative priorities for 2022, received a unanimous vote of support in the House of Representatives on March 3rd, 2022, a few weeks after getting a unanimous vote in the Washington State Senate. |
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Published at: | 4:31 PM on Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Education, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Facilities & Class Size, School Funding |
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Attack on Kyiv remains stalled, but other cities are suffering under Russian occupation