| Excerpt: | The ruling, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, frees the Department of Revenue (DOR) to proceed with collecting the new capital gains tax, which is a crucial new funding source for education, preschool, and early learning. |
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| Published at: | 1:36 PM on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Litigation |
| Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Monthly Archives: November 2022
Washington State Supreme Court rules capital gains tax on wealthy can be collected for now
Respect for Marriage Act wins final passage in the U.S. Senate; returns to U.S. House
| Excerpt: | “Nobody should face the gut-wrenching pit in their stomach with the possibility that some politically motivated Supreme Court justices might suddenly tell them that their marriage is no longer recognized," said Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon. |
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| Published at: | 7:19 PM on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Marriage Equality |
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Counties certify 2022 midterm election in Washington State; turnout about average
| Excerpt: | How does turnout compare to past midterm elections in Washington State? Read this NPI analysis if you'd like to get acquainted with the historical data. |
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| Published at: | 6:25 PM on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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Lawsuit contends Washington’s signature-based ballot verification is unconstitutional
| Excerpt: | A lawsuit filed last week in King County Superior Court is challenging the “signature matching” process used by election officials across the Evergreen State that results in tens of thousands of Washington voters having their ballots rejected and being disenfranchised every election cycle. |
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| Published at: | 6:29 PM on Monday, November 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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Happy Thanksgiving 2022!
| Excerpt: | Here's what our team at the Northwest Progressive Institute is grateful for this year. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Thursday, November 24th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Thanksgiving |
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Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola win reelection, in double defeat for Donald Trump
| Excerpt: | Trump had endorsed and campaigned in Alaska for Murkowski’s Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka, and for Sarah Palin’s special and general election bids for the state’s at-large House seat. Palin lost to U.S. Representative Mary Peltola for the second time in several weeks. |
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| Published at: | 10:45 PM on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | AK-ATL, AK-Sen |
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Net pen aquaculture in Washington’s waters must end, Commissioner Hilary Franz orders
| Excerpt: | "We, as a state, are going to do better by our salmon, by our fishermen, and by our tribes," said Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands. "Commercial finfish farming is detrimental to salmon, orcas and marine habitat." |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Diane Jones |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Sustainable Farms |
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Joe Fitzgibbon elected Majority Leader of the Washington State House of Representatives
| Excerpt: | “I want to thank my colleagues for their continued trust and confidence in me," said Fitzgibbon. "More than ever, our caucus is reflective of the many diverse communities that make up this great state, and that ultimately makes the work we do better.” |
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| Published at: | 5:20 PM on Monday, November 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Leadership Transitions, Legislative Leadership Elections |
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The people have spoken, and they want even-year elections for local government positions
| Excerpt: | The passage of King County Charter Amendment 1 is part of a nationwide success story in these midterms. There's a growing movement in this country favoring even-year elections that had a clean sweep in 2022, with a total of thirteen even-year election measures identified by Ballotpedia all winning approval. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, November 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Even-Year Elections, WA-Counties |
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LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs attacked; five killed by gunman at nightclub
| Excerpt: | The horrific attack, which authorities are investigating, reminded many of the slaughter at Orlando's Pulse nightclub in 2016, which remains the deadliest incident in the history of violence against LGBTQ+ people in the United States and one of the worst mass shootings in American history. |
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| Published at: | 3:17 PM on Sunday, November 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Secure Firearms Ownership |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (November 14th-18th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Speak Out Act and the Lymphedema Treatment Act as well as the Senate's invocation of cloture on the Respect for Marriage Act. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 20th, 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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The November midterm results are (mostly) in. How do they compare to our 2022 polling?
| Excerpt: | In this retrospective, NPI's founder and executive director assesses what our 2022 electoral poll findings were able to tell us about state and county-level races on the midterms ballot. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Friday, November 18th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Even-Year Elections, Research Polling Retrospectives, WA-Counties, WA-Exec, WA-Sen |
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U.S. House votes to adopt railroad labor agreement plus provide workers sick leave