As we bid adieu to 2023 and welcome in a new year, it’s the perfect time to look back at the most popular Cascadia Advocate posts of 2023. Here’s the top twenty most read posts from the past three hundred and sixty-four days, in descending order.
Monthly Archives: December 2023
Posted inElections
How a right wing millionaire’s money could help vindicate years of progressive legislating
Convinced that Democratic Washington State lawmakers have overreached, Republicans have made a big bet on a slate of initiatives that would repeal or roll back many progressive laws. If they don’t get the outcomes they want, they will have spent a lot of money creating fresh evidence those laws are popular.
Posted inElections
NPI talks to Spokane Mayor-elect Lisa Brown as she prepares to begin leading the Lilac City
Brown is set to assume office on New Year’s Day, January 1st, succeeding Republican Nadine Woodward, and will have no shortage of tough issues to tackle. Read her pre-Day One interview with the Northwest Progressive Institute.
Posted inElections
Supreme Court weighs lawsuit challenging Washington’s signature verification system
“Without direct review, tens of thousands of fully qualified voters will be disenfranchised for nothing more than their penmanship,” argued attorney Kevin Hamilton, representing three groups who have sued the Washington Secretary of State and King County Elections.
Posted inHolidays
Merry Christmas 2023!
Readers, whether you’re celebrating the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord today or just spending some time with your family, please accept our wishes for a very Merry Christmas.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (December 18th-22nd, 2023)
The week’s major votes included Senate confirmation of four Biden executive and judicial nominees, including Martin O’Malley’s nomination to be a Social Security Commissioner.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Wild Olympics legislation clears Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee
A bill designed to protect 126,500 acres of wilderness and put streams under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act has been before Congress for more than a decade. In December of 2023, it cleared a key Senate committee.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (December 11th-15th, 2023)
The week’s key votes included House passage of a resolution authorizing an impeachment probe of President Joe Biden and adoption of a conference report in both chambers for the National Defense Authorization Act.
Posted inPolicy Topics
House Republicans vote to formalize their baseless impeachment inquiry against Biden
The launch came on a 221–212 party-line vote after self-styled reasonable Republicans, representing districts carried by Biden and Harris in 2020, were press ganged to go along.
Posted inElections
Let’s Go Washington submits signatures for I‑2081, a parental notification scheme
The initiative is an attempt to bring the Republican Party’s national culture wars push to the November 2024 Washington State ballot.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Recently hired Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm departing agency to care for her father
Timm will be leaving the agency in order to return to the East Coast to take care of family matters, the agency announced in a statement.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (December 4th-8th, 2023)
The week’s major votes included House passage of legislation aimed at rolling back student loan forgiveness and electric vehicle deployment, as well as Senate confirmation of Biden judicial nominees.
Posted inElections
DeSantis, Haley, Christie, Ramaswany trade insults in fourth 2024 Republican debate
The candidates tore into each other but the big orange cheese — Donald Trump— once again was missing. Three of the four debaters treated him gingerly.
Posted inPublic Service
Ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who said he’d never quit, decides to quit Congress
“I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways. I know my work is only getting started,” McCarthy wrote.