| Excerpt: | Editor’s Note: Today and throughout this weekend, NPI is running a special series here on the Cascadia Advocate called Progressive Ideas We Need, highlighting proposals that would raise quality of life in our region and in the United States as a whole. Each post is contributed by an NPI staff, board, or advisory council member. […] |
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| Published at: | 9:00 AM on Friday, January 20th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security |
| Tags: | Progressive Ideas We Need, Vacation & Leisure Time |
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Category Archives: Series & Special Reports
Progressive Ideas We Need: Paid vacation leave as part of every job
Poll Watch: Jay Inslee holds sizable lead over Andy Hill and Bill Bryant, PPP finds
| Excerpt: | Respected public opinion research firm Public Policy Polling has just published the results of a poll it recently conducted in Washington on 2016 races and voter attitudes towards background checks on gun sales, marijuana, and marriage freedom. It finds that both Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray are in excellent shape for reelection, leading […] |
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| Published at: | 11:21 AM on Thursday, May 21st, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Poll Watch, WA-Gov, WA-Sen |
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Filing Week 2015: A look at who’s filed in key races as of Monday afternoon
| Excerpt: | Welcome to Filing Week 2015! Today through Friday, elections officials around the state will be accepting formal declarations of candidacy from Washingtonians who have decided they want to run for office at the local level (and, in a couple legislative districts, the state level). There are many important contests within King County on the ballot […] |
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| Published at: | 2:07 PM on Monday, May 11th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Filing Week, WA-Cities, WA-Counties, WA-Ports |
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Banished Words for 2014
| Excerpt: | Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2014 (and thirty-ninth annual) edition, for your reading enjoyment: SELFIE — Has the honor of receiving the most nominations this year. “People have […] |
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| Published at: | 9:16 AM on Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Holidays, Humor & Satire |
| Tags: | Banished Words, New Year's |
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B.C. Journal: A Tsawwassen sunset
| Excerpt: | One of the joys of traveling is unexpectedly encountering a scene or landscape that is so beautiful that it takes your breath away. That happened to me last night as I was journeying south towards the United States-Canada border. I decided to detour off of Highway 99 into Ladner and Tsawwassen and came across this sight: […] |
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| Published at: | 9:46 AM on Monday, May 13th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | B.C. Journal, BC-Assembly |
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B.C. Journal: Liberals hold telephone town hall to connect supporters to leader Clark
| Excerpt: | With less than one hundred hours to go until the polls close in British Columbia’s 2013 provincial elections, party leaders Christy Clark and Adrian Dix are keeping busy schedules. As I reported earlier today, Adrian is spending most of his Saturday in the Vancouver suburbs. He was in Coquitlam this morning for the pancake breakfast […] |
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| Published at: | 6:04 PM on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Tags: | B.C. Journal, BC-Assembly, Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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B.C. Journal: David Eby says challenging Christy Clark is like running against “a ghost”
| Excerpt: | British Columbia’s New Democratic Party (NDP) may be leading in the polls ahead of this Tuesday’s provincial election, but in order to actually assume power and become the majority party in the B.C. Legislative Assembly, the NDP has to capture at least half a dozen ridings currently represented by Liberals or independents, plus hold onto […] |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Tags: | B.C. Journal, BC-Assembly, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Banished Words for 2013
| Excerpt: | Editor’s note: This post was originally published on December 30th, 2012, and republished on New Year’s Day 2013. Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2013 (and thirty-eighth annual) edition, […] |
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| Published at: | 9:23 AM on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Banished Words, New Year's Day |
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Looking Back at 2012: Republicans and conservatives in their own words
| Excerpt: | Remember these quotes? Take a stroll down Memory Lane: “What does it say about the college coed Susan Fluke [sic], who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants […] |
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| Published at: | 8:42 AM on Sunday, December 30th, 2012 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Looking Back |
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Last Week (July 8th-12th) In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted