The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | The United States has decided to join most of the world community in endorsing a policy of suspending patents on coronavirus vaccines, in a win for global health. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Global Health |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | American Rescue Plan, Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | With Alaska's United States Senator Dan Sullivan absent, Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote was not needed to pass the bill. All fifty Democratic senators voted for it, while the other forty-nine Republicans voted against it. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 AM on Saturday, March 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | Washington State's public health departments have been woefully underfunded for years, and we're now paying the price. The problem dates back to the early 2000s, when a pair of destructive Tim Eyman initiatives were implemented. |
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| Published at: | 5:44 PM on Monday, March 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Full Employment |
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| Excerpt: | From the ashes of the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak, attempts at righting the situation are in progress. (Sadly, so are attempts to make things even worse.) |
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| Published at: | 11:03 PM on Monday, January 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Other Tags: | COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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| Excerpt: | Sad news to share: our own Representative Pramila Jayapal says that she has tested positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Read her full statement. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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| Excerpt: | The legislation earned the near unanimous support of the Democratic caucus. Democrats were joined by forty-four Republicans, including Washington State's Jaime Herrera Beutler and Oregon's Greg Walden. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Monday, December 28th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Universal Basic Income |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Elections, Healthcare |
| Other Tags: | BC-Assembly, Fair Wages & Leave, Personal Wellness |
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| Excerpt: | Having spent months utterly failing to protect Americans from COVID-19 and completely disregarding the guidance of public health experts, Donald Trump now finds himself and his wife infected with the virus. |
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| Published at: | 10:44 PM on Thursday, October 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Senate Democrats are backing a quintessentially Alaskan doctor who is running as an independent in the hopes that he can pull off an upset win. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, September 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | AK-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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| Excerpt: | As the 2020-2021 school year approaches, the longer-term repercussions of the nation's failure to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic are starting to become painfully apparent. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Other Tags: | COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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| Excerpt: | The Pacific Northwest is trying to determine the best combination of restrictions to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 without going back to a full scale lockdown. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Other Tags: | COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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| Excerpt: | While new cases of COVID-19 proliferate, the right wing continues to hamper efforts to fight the virus, despite losing a major legal challenge. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Monday, July 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Other Tags: | COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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