Excerpt: | 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. |
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Published at: | 2:09 PM on Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Consumer Protection, Energy & Power, Research Poll Findings |
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Category Archives: Economic Security
69% of likely 2024 Washington voters support the Oil Industry Accountability Act
2023 was a bad year for banking and 2024 could be worse
Excerpt: | After the Great Recession, lawmakers promised that the reforms they instituted secured America’s banking sector. However, as long as the United States sticks to a predominately private banking sector — one that cannot operate counter-cyclically nor dedicate financing to social needs — that promise of long-term security is elusive. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 |
Written by: | Marco Rosaire Rossi |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Market Regulation |
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A public bank could help Washington tackle the growing threat of climate damage
Excerpt: | If Washington is going to deal seriously with the impacts of global warming, including making the necessary investments throughout the state, then it should embrace the promise and potential of public banking. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 7th, 2023 |
Written by: | Marco Rosaire Rossi |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Critical Infrastructure |
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Manka Dhingra’s youth-inspired bill to ban gender-based price discrimination advances
Excerpt: | SB 5171 is youth-inspired legislation that Dhingra, a Northwest Progressive Foundation boardmember, introduced in partnership with civically-oriented students from Lake Washington High School in Kirkland. If passed, it will stop retailers from charging Washingtonians (especially those who identify as female) extra for products merely because they are marketed to a particular gender. |
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Published at: | 4:18 PM on Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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Senator Maria Cantwell: A workhorse for the people and the Pacific Northwest in Congress
Excerpt: | Cantwell, sixty-four, is not one of the usual suspects seen on networks’ Sunday morning talk shows or shouting over talk radio. She gets stuff done by mastering details, quiet work with colleagues and by serving on a trio of A-list Senate committees where legislation is put together. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, February 13th, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics, Public Service |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Consumer Protection, Energy & Power, Liberal Markets, Profiles |
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U.S. Senate Republicans use chamber’s undemocratic sixty-vote threshold to deny railroad workers sick leave they need
Excerpt: | Senate Republicans used the chamber's undemocratic sixty vote threshold to nix a concurrent resolution in Congress to require paid sick leave for railroad workers. Democratic and independent senators voted for it, but most Republicans withheld their votes. |
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Published at: | 8:11 PM on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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U.S. House votes to adopt railroad labor agreement plus provide workers sick leave
Excerpt: | If the Senate signs off on the proposed modification to the labor agreement, President Biden could sign the new terms into law and obligate railroads to provide sick leave to their workers, which they should have simply agreed to do in the first place in negotiations, obviating the need for congressional intervention. |
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Published at: | 7:04 PM on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave |
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An overwhelming majority of King County voters oppose the Kroger/Albertsons merger
Excerpt: | 68% of respondents surveyed for NPI by Change Research said they opposed the merger, while just 17% said they supported it. Nearly half (48%) said they were strongly opposed, while only 5% were strongly supportive. |
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Published at: | 11:00 AM on Monday, November 7th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Consumer Protection, Ethical Business, Research Poll Findings |
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VICTORY! Washington State House approves unemployment pay for striking workers