House Bill 1893 would allow striking workers to gain access to unemployment insurance assistance in the Evergreen State.
Category: Legislative Advocacy
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
The right wing Washington Policy Center preaches fiscal responsibility, but hasn’t been practicing that principle itself
A Seattle Times story about the recent departure of the organization’s CEO Michael Gallagher demonstrates that WPC isn’t walking its talk.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
VICTORY! Washington State Senate finally passes the Keep Our Care Act
Senate Bill 5241 would “ensure hospital mergers and acquisitions don’t restrict patients’ access to critical health care, such as end-of-life, reproductive and gender-affirming care.”
Posted inElections
VICTORY! Washington State House passes NPI’s even year elections for localities bill
House Bill 1932, first introduced about a month ago, received the support of fifty-two state representatives, with forty-five in opposition and one excused. The legislation is NPI’s top priority for the 2024 legislative session.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
House Republicans laughably fail to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas
Political observers called it an embarrassing failure for theocratic Speaker Mike Johnson, Kevin McCarthy’s embattled successor.
Posted inPolicy Topics
2024 push to divert more funding to charter schools in Washington fizzles at fiscal cutoff
Senate Bill 5807 and House Bill 1897 won’t be moving forward in the 2024 legislative session.
Posted inElections
Initiative 2124 (sabotaging the Washington Cares Fund) gets certified
Passage of Initiative 2124 would leave working Washingtonians without access to an affordable plan they can count on to provide them with money to pay for long-term care, including in-home care, when they need it.
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U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell call for more oversight of Boeing after whistleblower account published
Washington State’s two United States Senators aren’t happy with Boeing, and both have issued public calls for more oversight and accountability of the company and its manufacturing operations.
Posted inElections, Legislative Advocacy
Initiative 2111 (prohibiting fair taxation based on ability to pay) gets certified
Although Washington State does not currently levy an income tax, Initiative 2111 nevertheless seeks to prohibit the state and its localities from levying one.
Posted inElections
Initiative 2109 (repealing billions of dollars in education funding) gets certified
Initiative 2109 would eradicate nearly $900 million a year in funding from Washington’s K‑12 schools, early learning, and childcare to give a tax cut to the very wealthiest Washingtonians.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Survivors stage chain-in at the Washington State Capitol to call for end to child marriage
The demonstration drew attention to the need to pass legislation setting a minimum age of eighteen to marry in the Evergreen State.
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Property tax reform must be a priority, NPI tells Senate Ways & Means Committee
Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve’s prepared testimony in support of Senate Bill 5770, a long overdue effort to revisit Tim Eyman’s Initiative 747, which is choking the life out of our essential public services.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Congress sends President Biden a new stopgap bill to keep federal government open
H.R. 2872, dubbed the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, was sent to President Biden for signature after receiving affirmative votes in Congress on January 18th.
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.