“I’m not going to stop fighting to deliver borrowers what they need, particularly those at the bottom end of the economic scale,” said the President.
Tag: Higher Education
Posted inPolicy Topics
Most Washington voters back permanently forgiving all federal student loan debt
52% of 700 likely 2022 Washington State voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling for NPI back in February 2022 favor debt forgiveness for all student loan borrowers, while 44% are opposed. 4% of respondents said they were not sure.
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Alaska’s right wing governor uses his line item veto pen to attack state universities
Higher education is under attack in the State of Alaska like never before — and the man leading the charge is the state’s chief executive, Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy.
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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 inEconomic Security, Education, Policy Topics
Republicans (predictably) filibuster Elizabeth Warren’s bill to ease student loan debt
A bill sponsored by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to ease student loan debt has sadly become the latest worthy piece of legislation to be stalled in the United States Senate by the Republican Party, which might as well officially rename itself the Party of No (because that is its answer to just about every good idea). […]
Posted inCivil Liberties, Education, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics
Bring the DREAM Act up for a vote, Senator! An open letter to Majority Leader Rodney Tom
Editor’s note: Earlier today, following the House of Representatives’ lightning fast passage of the DREAM Act, NPI founder and executive director Andrew Villeneuve sent this message to Senator Rodney Tom, who represents the 48th District (Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Medina, Clyde Hill) and is — at least in name — the Majority Leader of the Washington […]
Posted inEducation, Policy Topics
Steve Sarkisian abandons his players and Husky football for USC’s top coaching job
Washington’s highest-paid employee is headed south for a more lucrative job. Steve Sarkisian, who was hired to turn around a winless University of Washington football program five years ago, acknowledged earlier today that he has accepted the head coaching position at the University of Southern California, which is one of the most elite schools in the […]
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Seattle Times again duplicitously portrays itself as a champion of public education
They’re at it again. Two months after launching a disingenuous public relations campaign to urge the state Legislature to properly fund higher education, the Blethen-controlled Seattle Times has devoted more than half a spread at the end of its Sunday A section to not one, not two, not three, but four unsigned, buzzword-filled editorials demanding that […]