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: | Lawmakers are heading home from Olympia after concluding a sixty day, even-numbered year regular session. |
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| Published at: | 8:45 PM on Thursday, March 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Personal Wellness |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Legislature is going home. Having spent sixty days working to craft three budgets and pass a long list of policy bills (many liberated from the Republicans' graveyard of progress), lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled House and Senate jubilantly voted to adjourn Sine Die tonight. |
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| Published at: | 10:37 PM on Thursday, March 8th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Sine Die |
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| Excerpt: | Not long ago, the Washington State Legislature adjourned its 2016 regular session Sine Die, following the adoption of HCR 4417 by the House and Senate. Though the regular session is now officially over, lawmakers cannot head home just yet, as their work is unfinished (surprise, surprise). Governor Jay Inslee plans to call a special session […] |
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| Published at: | 10:03 PM on Thursday, March 10th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Education, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, School Funding |
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| Excerpt: | Having reached agreement on the specifics of an operating budget, transportation package, and plan for delaying implementation of last year’s initiative to lower class size, the Washington State Legislature today adjourned its third special session sine die, with exhausted lawmakers and legislative staff breathing a sigh of relief. The Legislature began its 2015 session a […] |
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| Published at: | 5:07 PM on Friday, July 10th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Fair Wages & Benefits, Fiscal Responsibility, Pollution |
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