| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Critical Infrastructure |
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Category Archives: Public Planning
Frontier Communications to leave Cascadia; PNW assets sold to WaveDivision Capital
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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Democratic leaders celebrate adoption of Oregon’s groundbreaking rent control law
| Excerpt: | Oregon has become the first state in the country to adopt rent control legislation at the state level. |
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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Monday, April 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing |
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2019-2021 transportation budget approved by Washington State House with five nays
| Excerpt: | The chamber voted overwhelmingly to adopt a transportation budget for 2019-2021 (ESHB 1160) developed by the House Transportation Committee, chaired by Jake Fey. |
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| Published at: | 12:32 PM on Friday, March 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Mammoth public lands bill gets resounding vote of support on final passage in U.S. House
| Excerpt: | A bill that will expand our national parks system and permanently reauthorize the Land & Water Conservation Fund has cleared Congress. |
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| Published at: | 9:12 PM on Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Historic Preservation |
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Sound Transit says House Bill 2123 (vehicle fees) would blow a big financial hole in ST3
| Excerpt: | NPI is urging a group of Washington State House Democrats to abandon legislation that would reduce revenue for Sound Transit projects in an Eyman-like fashion. |
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| Published at: | 11:29 PM on Monday, February 25th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Where should Sound Transit put Link’s South Maintenance Base? There’s an obvious answer
| Excerpt: | With a sixty acre former landfill site available, there's no need to tear down homes, businesses, and churches for the agency's new train yard. |
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| Published at: | 10:15 PM on Friday, February 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Governor Inslee + Premier Horgan push back against Tim Eyman, call for high speed rail
| Excerpt: | The leaders of Washington State and British Columbia say we should build on the success of Amtrak Cascades, not destroy it, as Tim Eyman wants to do. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Friday, February 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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State Senate sends bill to perfect De-Escalate Washington’s I-940 to Governor Jay Inslee
| Excerpt: | A bill that polishes De-Escalate Washington's successful Initiative 940 has cleared the Legislature unanimously, without a single dissenting vote. |
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| Published at: | 12:06 PM on Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Nondiscrimination, Safe Neighborhoods |
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Washington State House unanimously passes legislation to adopt new I-940 compromise
| Excerpt: | And they're off! The Washington State House of Representatives has passed its first consequential bill of the 2019 session, concerning law enforcement. |
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| Published at: | 5:35 PM on Thursday, January 24th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Nondiscrimination, Safe Neighborhoods |
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Sound Transit: Tim Eyman’s I-976 would wipe out nearly $7 billion in revenue through 2041
| Excerpt: | "If enacted, the initiative would divert a significant amount of tax revenues away from implementing voter-approved transit projects.," the agency says. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Monday, January 21st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA_Ballot |
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King County residents want more transit, but there would be less under Tim Eyman’s I-976
| Excerpt: | I-976 is a recipe for horrific highway gridlock, derelict roads, and stranded travelers. Think traffic is bad now? I-976 would make it much worse. |
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| Published at: | 1:04 PM on Sunday, January 20th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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VICTORY! U.S. House passes Suzan DelBene’s National Landslide Preparedness Act