Small businesses are dealing with a double whammy: the novel coronavirus pandemic and the Trump regime’s incompetent response to it.
Category: Economic Security
Posted inPolicy Topics
Attorney General Bob Ferguson steps up to defend access to reproductive health services
A stickler for the rule of law, Washington’s chief law enforcement officer has repeatedly taken on the Trump regime… and won.
Posted inViews & Reviews
Documentary Review: Robert Reich’s “Inequality for All” is an essential film
Read NPI’s review of Inequality For All, a film based on the work of progressive thought leader and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
Posted inMedia & Culture
Book Review: This is your brain on “Collusion”
Read NPI’s review of Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World, by Nomi Prins
Posted inElections
Immigration, healthcare, economic security discussed at Pramila Jayapal’s latest town hall
Read NPI’s recap of U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal’s sixteenth town hall, held Wednesday, May 2nd at the Seattle Central Public Library in downtown Seattle.
Posted inPolicy Topics
U.S. Senate passes Republican-backed bill to weaken Dodd-Frank financial reforms
The United States Senate voted overwhelmingly today to begin dismantling the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, approving Idaho Senator Mike Crapo’s S. 2155 by a vote of sixty-seven to thirty-one.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Victory! Washington State House votes to toughen penalties for corporate crimes
Corporations that break the law in Washington State could soon be forced to pay more appropriate penalties for their wrongdoing thanks to the work of State Representative Mike Pellicciotti (D‑30th District: Federal Way). By a vote of ninety-seven to one, the Washington State House of Representatives today voted to pass ESHB 2362, which would substantially increase fines for corporate crimes.
Posted inBreaking News
Equal pay for equal work easily clears the Washington State House again
The Washington State House of Representatives has once again overwhelmingly approved a bill that would address pay inequity in the workplace, sending its version over to the Senate, where it is certain to get a better reception than in the past thanks to the chamber’s new Democratic majority.
Posted inEconomic Security
Documentary Review: “Saving Capitalism” highlights an important truth about markets
Read NPI’s review of former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich’s new film about what happened to our economy, now available to stream on Netflix.
Posted inEconomic Security, Elections, Policy Topics
Manka Dhingra vs. Jinyoung Lee Englund: Two very different answers on pay equity
The fate of equal pay legislation in Washington State depends on the outcome of this year’s special election for state Senate in the 45th District.
Posted inEconomic Security, Policy Topics
State House swiftly passes paid family and medical leave bill, sending it to Inslee’s desk
Washington State’s House of Representatives has enthusiastically given its backing to a landmark paid family and medical leave bill that will bolster the economic security and well-being of Washington families. The House took action within an hour of having received the bill from the state Senate, which is extremely fast.
Posted inEconomic Security, Policy Topics
Washington State Senate passes landmark paid family and medical leave bill
By a vote of thirty-seven to twelve (a three-to-one margin), the Washington State Senate has passed a landmark paid family and medical leave bill that will strengthen the economic security and well-being of families across the Evergreen State.
Posted inEconomic Security, Litigation, Policy Topics
Kittitas County Superior Court judge turns back constitutional challenge to I‑1433
A Superior Court judge in Kittitas County has turned back a constitutional challenge to I‑1433 filed by several trade associations, leaving new requirements for paid leave and increases to the state’s minimum wage in place. “[T]his Court is of the opinion that the Plaintiffs have failed to establish that I‑1433 has violated the Washington State Constitution […]
Posted inEconomic Security, Elections, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics
Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1550 would enrich the wealthy at the expense of the rest of us
As Washington homeowners received their most recent property tax bills, disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman couldn’t resist trying to exploit their concerns by announcing his intent to qualify an initiative to the November 2017 ballot that would cut property taxes by twenty-five percent. Like Eyman’s I‑1366, which was struck down as unconstitutional last year, its […]