| Excerpt: | It's time to accelerate the clean energy revolution in the Pacific Northwest! Let's get HB 2020 passed and to the desk of Governor Kate Brown to be signed into law. |
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| Published at: | 2:33 PM on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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Oregon poised to enact groundbreaking “cap and invest” legislation with HB 2020
Washington voters strongly support requiring presidential candidates to disclose tax returns
| Excerpt: | 60% of voters surveyed in May 2019 support requiring presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns to appear on the state's general election ballot. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 AM on Monday, June 10th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Announcements, Breaking News, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Research Poll Findings |
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Senators call on NBC to make climate justice the focus of the first presidential debate
| Excerpt: | Three Democratic senators have released a letter calling on NBC News to make climate justice the focus of the first presidential primary debate. |
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| Published at: | 7:46 PM on Friday, May 31st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, US-Pres |
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Death penalty legislatively abolished in New Hampshire by bipartisan supermajorities
| Excerpt: | Democrats and Republicans in the Granite State's House and Senate came together to override a gubernatorial veto, abolishing the death penalty in New Hampshire. |
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| Published at: | 3:15 PM on Thursday, May 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Tags: | Criminal Justice, Nondiscrimination |
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Frontier Communications to leave Cascadia; PNW assets sold to WaveDivision Capital
| Excerpt: | Nine years after taking on debt to buy Verizon's assets in the Pacific Northwest, Frontier Communications is offloading those same assets in a $1.35 billion sale to Kirkland-based WaveDivision Capital, which must be approved by regulators. |
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| Published at: | 12:04 PM on Thursday, May 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Planning, Technology |
| Tags: | Critical Infrastructure |
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Fourth annual Rooted in Rights Film Festival puts disabled storytellers front and center
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of the 2019 Rooted in Rights in Film Festival, where several groundbreaking films created by people with disabilities were screened. |
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| Published at: | 6:15 PM on Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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SIFF Documentary Review: Our Bodies Our Doctors is a timely reminder of the importance of reproductive rights
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Our Bodies Our Doctors, a film about reproductive rights that's being screened at the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival. |
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| Published at: | 6:11 PM on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Healthcare, Media & Culture, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Film, Reproductive Rights, Seattle International Film Festival |
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Sound Transit, partner agencies should retain express bus routes after Link extensions open
| Excerpt: | Should express bus that parallel forthcoming light rail lines be scrapped when Sound Transit's Link expands? NPI says no. |
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| Published at: | 3:49 PM on Friday, May 10th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Fracking now banned in Washington; Jay Inslee drops support for dirty gas projects
| Excerpt: | Governor Jay Inslee has signed a bill to ban fracking in Washington and dropped his support for two dirty gas projects, further burnishing his green credentials. |
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| Published at: | 12:14 PM on Thursday, May 9th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton: Persistence and patience key to state’s big clean energy breakthrough
| Excerpt: | Founding NPI boardmember Gael Tarleton led the way in making Washington's new one hundred percent clean electricity bill a reality. Read her bill signing remarks. |
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| Published at: | 1:14 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Five landmark pollution fighting bills signed into law by Washington Governor Jay Inslee
| Excerpt: | Caring for the Earth, our common home, is a value people across Cascadia share. The State of Washington has affirmed that value by committing itself to a one hundred percent clean electric grid by 2045. |
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| Published at: | 6:16 PM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power |
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Washington State Legislature adjourns Sine Die; Jay Inslee says session a huge success
| Excerpt: | The 2019 Washington State legislative session has adjourned Sine Die. Read NPI's recap of the session. |
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| Published at: | 12:55 AM on Monday, April 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power, Fiscal Responsibility, Insurance & Coverage, Nondiscrimination, Pollution |
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SIFF Documentary Review: Reconnect to the effort to save Alaska’s salmon with The Wild