| Excerpt: | Donna Rasmussen and Laurae McIntyre are longtime PCC members and employees who are concerned about PCC's future, just as our team at NPI is. |
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| Published at: | 5:48 PM on Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business, Fair Wages & Leave |
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Category Archives: Economic Security
PCC Community Markets members just voted to elect two PCC workers to the co-op’s board
The American Rescue Plan: An opportunity to scrap Reaganomics and government bashing
| Excerpt: | It's time to show the country that governments works, while keeping Republicans from gobbling up credit for what they voted against. |
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| Published at: | 2:36 PM on Saturday, March 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | American Rescue Plan, Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Relief on the way: U.S. House sends American Rescue Plan to President Joe Biden’s desk
| Excerpt: | This historic bill is a life-changer that will help hundreds of millions of Americans recover from the coronavirus pandemic and build better lives. |
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| Published at: | 2:15 PM on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, American Rescue Plan, Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Nicole Macri’s just cause eviction bill gets approved by the Washington State House
| Excerpt: | ESHB 1236 would require landlords to give a reason before they can evict a tenant, and also ensure tenants have enough time to find new housing before they have to be out. |
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| Published at: | 6:26 PM on Sunday, March 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing, Research Poll Findings |
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U.S. House passes Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan to combat COVID-19
| Excerpt: | The vote on final passage was two hundred and nineteen to two hundred and twelve. All Republicans voted nay, and all but two Democrats voted aye. |
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| Published at: | 4:56 PM on Saturday, February 27th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fair Wages & Benefits, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Proposal to fund childcare with a capital gains tax advances in the Washington State Senate
| Excerpt: | In a historic vote, the Washington State Senate's Ways & Means Committee approved a progressive tax reform idea NPI has been championing for years. |
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| Published at: | 10:09 PM on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Senate Republicans seek to devitalize COVID relief bill that will define Biden’s presidency
| Excerpt: | The Republicans’ offer may well be a gambit designed to get skin in the game. If the past offers any indication, however, the process will get drawn out and urgency will be lost if Biden decides to try to do a deal with them. |
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| Published at: | 6:47 PM on Monday, February 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Full Employment |
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Incoming Biden-Harris team signals it will avoid repeating many of Obama’s missteps
| Excerpt: | At this incredibly fraught and perilous moment in American history, we don't just need steady, compassionate governance -- we need savvy, capable leadership with a respect and appreciation for history and a willingness to learn from it. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 PM on Monday, January 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Open Government, Public Service |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Partybuilding, Presidential Transitions |
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BC’s NDP government authorizes COVID-19 relief as province begins a dark, dreary winter
| Excerpt: | Premier John Horgan's government has put together a COVID-19 Recovery Benefit program, in which an estimated 3.7 million B.C. residents will get grants up to $1,000 (Canadian) per family and $500 for individuals. |
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| Published at: | 5:55 PM on Saturday, December 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, BC-Assembly, Fair Wages & Leave, Personal Wellness |
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Federal, state governments allege Facebook is an illegal monopoly in major antitrust case
| Excerpt: | Having foolishly chosen to allow Facebook's acquisitions of Whatsapp and Instagram several years ago, the federal government is now belatedly moving to unwind those mergers as well as stop the growing power and anticompetitive behaviors of Facebook. |
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| Published at: | 7:26 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Ethical Business |
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Democratic AGs discuss taking on Trump and building equity at Netroots Nation 2020
| Excerpt: | Attorneys general Phil Weiser, Xavier Becerra, Keith Ellison, and Maura Healey helped kickstart the conference with a substantive panel discussion. |
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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Tammi Laster |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Events |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Criminal Justice, Netroots Nation, Nondiscrimination |
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President Biden congratulates Washington for adopting overtime pay law for farmworkers