The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | In a huge breakthrough, NPI's top legislative priority has secured the support of an absolute majority of the state's forty-nine senators. Now it's on to the House of Representatives. |
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| Published at: | 6:59 PM on Saturday, March 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | By a vote of fifty-nine to forty-one, the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate concurred that Donald Trump's fake national emergency declaration should be terminated. |
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| Published at: | 12:17 PM on Thursday, March 14th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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| Excerpt: | Thanks to the arrival of newly-minted Senator Shelley Short (R‑7th District; northeast Washington) and the return of Doug Ericksen from the District of Columbia, Republicans in the Washington State Senate were today able to pass the school levy swipe scheme they introduced late last week with no votes to spare. Substitute Senate Bill 5607, concerning education […] |
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| Published at: | 11:06 PM on Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Education, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, School Funding |
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| Excerpt: | A revised version of the Washington Voting Rights Act, championed by Representative Luis Moscoso (D‑1st District: Bothell, Kirkland, Mill Creek), today passed out of the Washington State House of Representatives without a single vote to spare, thanks to Republicans’ refusal to provide a single vote in support. (Democrats currently have a bare majority of fifty […] |
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| Published at: | 2:10 PM on Thursday, February 4th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections, Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | Earlier this evening, following in the footsteps of the House of Representatives, the United States Senate passed the massive appropriations bill that has become known as the CRomnibus, sending the legislation to President Barack Obama, who is prepared to sign it without delay. The final vote was fifty-six to forty; four senators did not vote. The […] |
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| Published at: | 10:11 PM on Saturday, December 13th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Consumer Protection, Fiscal Responsibility, Market Regulation |
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| Excerpt: | A short time ago, the United States House of Representatives narrowly voted to pass a mammoth-sized, Republican-engineered appropriations bill loaded with goodies and gifts for Wall Street and K Street. Nicknamed the CRominbus (continuing resolution + omnibus appropriations bill), it would keep most of the federal government open till September, but at an unacceptably high cost. […] |
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| Published at: | 9:24 PM on Thursday, December 11th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility |
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