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: | A group of radical, right wing Republican Social Darwinists are seeking to undo Inslee's Stay Home, Stay Health orders with a malicious federal lawsuit. |
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| Published at: | 4:36 PM on Friday, May 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Litigation |
| Other Tags: | Personal Wellness |
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| Excerpt: | A panel of justices concluded that an injunction barring Initiative 976's implementation should remain in effect through the remainder of the challenge asserting it is unconstitutional. |
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| Published at: | 4:57 PM on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter turned Republican gubernatorial candidate has suffered another defeat in court as the legal battle against his anti-transit initiative continues. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | One of the Northwest Progressive Institute's major priorities for the 2020 legislative session has been approved by Washington State's chief executive, |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Education, Elections |
| Other Tags: | Curriculum, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The notorious con man exhorted people to congregate with him on Whidbey Island and drink Corona beer. |
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| Published at: | 1:26 PM on Saturday, March 14th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Other Tags: | Global Health, Personal Wellness, WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman, who remains furious that I-976 has not been implemented, sent out an email triumphantly -- and falsely -- proclaiming that I-976 had taken effect. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | The plaintiffs suing to defeat Tim Eyman's Initiative 976 have outlined nearly a dozen ways in which it violates Washington State's plan of government. |
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| Published at: | 8:56 PM on Friday, January 10th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The Governor got the better of Tim Eyman during a confrontation that Eyman tried to instigate at the 2020 Associated Press Legislative Preview. |
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| Published at: | 5:48 PM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Curtis King and his colleagues are nonsensically proposing to backfill lost vehicle fee revenue with another revenue source that I-976 targeted for repeal. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Legislative Advocacy, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The con artist says he is going to Thurston County Superior Court to defend I-976, but seems not to know that the county's transit agency is one of his adversaries in the lawsuit against I-976. |
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| Published at: | 2:52 PM on Sunday, December 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The legal challenge against Tim Eyman's incredibly destructive Initiative 976 appears poised to turn into quite the complex courtroom drama. |
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| Published at: | 1:47 PM on Friday, December 13th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Washington State's Solicitor General is tired of Tim Eyman's constant attacks on the attorneys who have the unenviable job of defending Eyman's Initiative 976. |
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| Published at: | 1:54 PM on Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Supreme Court made mincemeat out of a motion filed by Tim Eyman's friends to intervene in the case against Eyman's initiative to defund multimodal transportation infrastructure. |
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| Published at: | 11:00 PM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Supreme Court has decided that Tim Eyman's most recent initiative will remain paused while its constitutionality (or lack thereof) is determined. |
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| Published at: | 5:54 PM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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