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Category Archives: Policy Topics

NPI urges Legislature to enact a ban on military style assault weapons with HB 1240

Excerpt: Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve's written testimony in support of House Bill 1240, which would prohibit the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, or offer for sale of any assault weapon, subject to various exceptions for licensed firearm manufacturers and dealers, and for individuals who inherit an assault weapon.
Published at:3:30 PM on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: We will reach the goal of freedom because that is America’s goal

Excerpt: Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Published at:9:30 AM on Monday, January 16th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Amtrak will restore a second daily round trip between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.

Excerpt: Amtrak will restore a second daily round-trip train service between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., as of March 7th, and promises to boost daily trips between Seattle and Portland from four to six come fall, according to a letter sent to the transportation departments of Washington and Oregon.
Published at:9:30 AM on Saturday, January 14th, 2023
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Are you using LastPass? Make the switch to a password manager that’s worthy of your trust

Excerpt: Find out how to switch away from LastPass to a real password manager that isn't full of holes in this guide from NPI.
Published at:1:19 PM on Friday, December 23rd, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Mr. Zelenskyy goes to Washington: D.C. offers a warm welcome to the President of Ukraine

Excerpt: Making his first trip abroad since the escalation of the war Putin began many years ago in an attempt to gobble up Ukrainian territory and weaken the second largest country in Europe, Zelenskyy explained in a series of appearances that Ukraine is fighting against autocracy and oppression on behalf of the entire free world and needs all of the help that it can get from allies like the United States. 
Published at:7:36 PM on Wednesday, December 21st, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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House Republicans vow to “unleash American energy” as big oil pipeline spill hits Kansas

Excerpt: The pipeline, owned by TC Energy, carries up to 600,000 barrels a day of heavy oil from the tar stands of northern Alberta to Cumberland, Oklahoma. This isn't the first time it has ruptured.
Published at:7:35 PM on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
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President Joe Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act into law at the White House

Excerpt: With the stroke of a pen, the discriminatory "Defense of Marriage" Act from the 1990s was finally repealed and the right wing Supreme Court put on notice that this country won't stand for the overturning the landmark Obergefell decision. 
Published at:5:05 PM on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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2022 Republican electoral losses and Trump legal defeats spur ultra MAGA infighting

Excerpt: The hard right has taken a hard drubbing of late. Its election deniers were denied wins from seats in legislatures, to secretary of state races, to contests for the Senate. That's led to unexpected recriminations.
Published at:2:00 PM on Sunday, December 4th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
Other Categories:Elections, Open Government
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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.
Published at:8:11 PM on Thursday, December 1st, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Published at:7:04 PM on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Respect for Marriage Act wins final passage in the U.S. Senate; returns to U.S. House

Excerpt: “Nobody should face the gut-wrenching pit in their stomach with the possibility that some politically motivated Supreme Court justices might suddenly tell them that their marriage is no longer recognized," said Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
Published at:7:19 PM on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Net pen aquaculture in Washington’s waters must end, Commissioner Hilary Franz orders

Excerpt: "We, as a state, are going to do better by our salmon, by our fishermen, and by our tribes," said Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands. "Commercial finfish farming is detrimental to salmon, orcas and marine habitat."
Published at:9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
Written by:Diane Jones
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LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs attacked; five killed by gunman at nightclub

Excerpt: The horrific attack, which authorities are investigating, reminded many of the slaughter at Orlando's Pulse nightclub in 2016, which remains the deadliest incident in the history of violence against LGBTQ+ people in the United States and one of the worst mass shootings in American history. 
Published at:3:17 PM on Sunday, November 20th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Respect for Marriage Act wins Senate cloture vote: Marriage equality will soon be codified!

Excerpt: On a bipartisan vote of 62-37, the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404), which would send a powerful message to the Roberts/Alito Court that the executive and legislative branches of the United States federal government do not want the Obergefell decision overturned, and finally codify marriage equality into federal law. 
Published at:2:22 PM on Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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