Sponsored by Republican State Party Chair Jim Walsh, I‑2117 would repeal Washington’s landmark Climate Commitment Act and wreck the state’s plans to secure a just and responsible transition to a clean energy future. NPI considers the initiative a grave threat to Washington’s well-being and strongly opposes it.
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Let’s Go Washington affiliate claims it’ll soon begin submitting signatures for its initiatives
A right wing group organized and funded by right wing millionaire Brian Heywood and fronted by recently elected Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh plans to begin submitting signatures for a slate of initiatives to the 2024 Washington State Legislature later this month.
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Budgeting for Washington’s Future: See what’s replacing Tim Eyman’s push polls in the voter’s pamphlet, starting this year
Legislation proposed by the Northwest Progressive Institute and signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee has now replaced “advisory votes” with useful, truthful information on fiscal.wa.gov and in the voter’s pamphlet.
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Turmoil inside the Let’s Go Washington paid signature drive: Brent Johnson pushed aside, while some petitioners have reportedly quit
An ambitious effort to qualify six right wing initiatives to the 2024 Washington State Legislature is struggling to get traction with less than three months to go until the signature submission deadline arrives, NPI has learned.
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Take a look at the first general election ballot since 2011 to be free of Tim Eyman push polls
The 2023 general election will also be the first general election in more than a decade with no anti-tax disinformation at or near the top of the ballot in Washington State.
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VICTORY! Right wing measure to destroy Dayton library removed from the ballot
A scheme to destroy the nearly century year old Dayton Memorial Library has been thwarted thanks to the efforts of a bipartisan coalition called Neighbors United for Progress, which filed a lawsuit to get a measure seeking the library’s dissolution off the ballot.
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Memo to Washington State’s right wing: Harassment is not accountability
In orchestrating this bombardment of an elected official’s personal mobile number with angrily-worded text messages, Tim Eyman and others are seeking to intimidate an elected official so she doesn’t cross them in the future.
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Republican megadonor Brian Heywood opens his wallet to fund six-initiative signature drive
A wealthy donor to the Washington State Republican Party has begun funneling serious money into a signature drive that aims to qualify a slew of six right wing initiatives to the 2024 Washington State Legislature, reports filed this week with the Public Disclosure Commission by his political committee show.
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Semi Bird is getting the boot: Voters favor recall of the Republican gubernatorial candidate from the Richland School Board
Ultra MAGA Republican gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird is on the verge of being removed from his perch on the Richland School Board, with voters in the Tri-Cities area school district saying yes to a recall effort that was launched against him and two other board members.
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NPI’s legislation to abolish Tim Eyman’s push polls has taken effect!
Because no referendum was filed against 5082, it has gone into effect with ninety days having elapsed since the adjournment of the 2023 Washington State legislative session, just in time for this year’s election season.
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Referendum 101 kaput: Right wing effort to overturn new law protecting trans youth fails
A right wing effort to force a statewide vote on a new Washington State law supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services has failed, which means that the law can go into effect as scheduled.
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A plurality of voters oppose I‑2078, Larry Jensen’s measure to sabotage gun safety laws
Initiative 2078, filed in April 2023, is a right wing grassroots effort to create a giant loophole in the gun safety laws passed by the people and the Legislature for the last ten years. NPI’s research shows 46% of likely 2024 voters oppose it.
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King County voters saying yes to crisis care centers levy in April 2023 special election
54.43% of the votes tallied and reported out as part of King County’s April 2023 Special Election Night drop favor King County Proposition 1, the official name of the crisis care centers levy, which has also been the moniker of other levies in years past, including as recently as last November. 45.57% were opposed.
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Undecided about how to vote on King County Proposition 1, the crisis care centers levy? Read the case for voting yes from Macklemore
Read a transcript of Macklemore’s comments in support of the April 2023 King County Proposition 1, delivered at King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay’s Hometown Heroes luncheon on March 30th, 2023.