NPI-requested bill to repeal Eyman’s push polls moves out of Senate State Government

1 year ago

After getting a hearing on the second day of session earlier this week, the bill was reported out of the…

McCarthy’s uneasy majority tries to give rich tax cheats a gift as its first legislative act

1 year ago

“Only this extreme Republican majority would use its first bill of the 118th Congress to embolden tax cheats and cut…

Governor Inslee delivers first in-person State of the State Address since pandemic’s onset

1 year ago

Read NPI's recap of the annual address delivered by Washington Governor Jay Inslee to a joint session of the Legislature…

NPI to Legislature: Let’s make voting in WA easier by abolishing Eyman’s “advisory votes”

1 year ago

Read the written version of the testimony prepared by NPI's founder and executive director in support of NPI's 2023 bill…

Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (January 3rd-7th)

1 year ago

The week's only consequential vote was the fifteenth attempt to elect a Speaker of the House, which ended in a…

View the official portraits of the Pacific Northwest’s three new members of Congress

1 year ago

The Pacific Northwest has three new members of Congress who have not served in the institution before: Marie Gluesesenkamp Perez…

A Pyrrhic victory for Kevin McCarthy: He has finally won… the worst job in U.S. politics

1 year ago

McCarthy will be the weakest Speaker of the House in memory. He'll wield little real power and will likely lurch…

Tina Podlodowski to retire this month as Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party

1 year ago

Podlodowski has been chair for six years. She took over from Jaxon Ravens at the end of January 2017, at…

Right wing group “Let’s Go Washington” fails to qualify any of its 11 statewide initiatives

1 year ago

A right wing group formed and primarily funded by Republican donor Brian K. Heywood of Redmond has admitted defeat in…

Top Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bid for Speaker fails on first day of 118th Congress

1 year ago

McCarthy came up short three times, a sign that Republican have brought chaos rather than control to the House. The…