It will be necessary to acquire a permit to visit Sunrise or Paradise during the summer of 2024 between 7 AM and 3 PM, the National Park Service has announced.
Monthly Archives: January 2024
Posted inPolicy Topics
69% of likely 2024 Washington voters support the Oil Industry Accountability Act
More than two-thirds of a sample of likely voters surveyed from November 14th-15th, 2023 by Public Policy Polling for NPI backed the idea of regulating unfair oil company business practices with pricing transparency legislation, which is what Senator Joe Nguyen’s recently introduced Oil Industry Accountability Act (Senate Bill 6052) proposes to do.
Posted inElections
Initiative 2117 (repealing Washington’s Climate Commitment Act) gets certified
Initiative 2117 would repeal the landmark Climate Commitment Act, one of the most important environmental protection laws ever adopted by Washington’s elected representatives.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Quinn legal challenge to Washington’s capital gains tax on the wealthy, dashing right wing hopes
The decision keeps hundreds of millions of dollars flowing each year to education, childcare, and early learning in the Evergreen State.
Posted inCivil Liberties, Holidays, Policy Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I am in Birmingham because injustice is here”
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Posted inMedia & Culture
Book Review: Getting Elected is the Easy Part offers practical advice and political wisdom
Read NPI’s review of Getting Elected is the Easy Part: Working and Winning in the State Legislature, by Washington State Senator Karen Keiser.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Senator Cantwell demands answers of FAA as agency says it’s investigating Boeing
The Federal Aviation Administration notified Boeing it will be probing the company for alleged compliance with its approved 737 MAX aircraft design, while Senator Maria Cantwell (D‑Washington) demanded answers from the FAA concerning its oversight of both Boeing and Kansas-based Spirit AeroSystems.
Posted inElections
Initiative 2113 (allowing dangerous police pursuits to resume) gets certified
Initiative 2113 would allow dangerous high speed police chases to resume by removing reasonable safeguards for pursuits adopted and subsequently revised by the Legislature in recent sessions in response to protests over unsafe, inequitable policing in Washington State and across the country.
Posted inElections
Poll Watch: Like NPI, Elway finds 2024 WA gubernatorial race looking competitive
Asked about this year’s gubernatorial race, a total of 37% of the respondents said they either intended to vote for Democratic frontrunner Bob Ferguson, or could vote for him, while a total of 31% said they either intended to vote for Republican frontrunner Dave Reichert, or could vote for him
Posted inElections
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley blast each other in CNN-hosted debate while Fox fetes Trump
Trump’s remaining rivals trashed each other, traded talking points, and took issue with frontrunner Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen 2020 election, during a ferocious debate staged in Des Moines five days before Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses.
Posted inElections, Party Politics
Washington State Democratic Party submits three names for 24 presidential primary ballot
Joe Biden, Dean Phillips, and Marianne Williamson have qualified for the 2024 presidential primary ballot in Washington State.
Posted inElections
NPI urges Washington State House to advance legislation to move local elections to even years
Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve’s prepared remarks in support of House Bill 1932, which would empower local governments in Washington to move their elections to even-numbered years.
Posted inEvents
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee delivers his final State of the State address
“My father always said, and this is what sticks with me, ‘Fellas, run through the tape!’ so they wouldn’t let up before the race was over. We are going to run through the tape this year,” Inslee told legislators. “Just as I know you’ll give this state your best work, I’ll give mine.”
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
VICTORY! Washington House unanimously readopts bill to end child marriage
On January 8th, 2023, all ninety-eight Democratic and Republican representatives cast votes in favor of State Representative Monica Stonier’s legislation to set a minimum age of eighteen for both parties to legally marry, in a big win for human rights.