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: | The newest addition to the Washington State Legislature from the 40th District wants to tackle affordable housing and climate justice in the 2020 short session. |
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| Published at: | 10:18 AM on Monday, January 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution, Zero Waste |
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| Excerpt: | State Representative Jeff Morris has a successor: Environmental and climate justice activist Alex Ramel was chosen by the Whatcom, Skagit, and San Juan county legislative authorities to serve in the House. |
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| Published at: | 3:04 PM on Monday, January 6th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | State Legislative Appointments |
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| Excerpt: | Meet the three nominees chosen by the Democratic precinct committee officers in the 30th Legislative District to fill the vacancy created by Kristine Reeves' resignation. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 4th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Special Nominating Caucuses, State Legislative Appointments |
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| Excerpt: | The Democratic precinct committee officers in the 40th Legislative District have created a shortlist of possible successors to outgoing State Representative Jeff Morris. |
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| Published at: | 8:55 PM on Saturday, December 21st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Vacancies |
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| Excerpt: | In a video posted to Facebook, State Representative Kristine Reeves announced she is resigning from the Washington State House. |
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| Published at: | 10:44 AM on Monday, December 16th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Vacancies, WA-10 |
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| Excerpt: | Washington's newest State Senator is a family farmer from Whidbey Island with significant agricultural and business expertise. |
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| Published at: | 8:48 PM on Friday, October 18th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | State Legislative Appointments |
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| Excerpt: | State Republican Chair Caleb Heimlich says that Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat isn't being fair to the party. NPI's founder debunks that allegation. |
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| Published at: | 11:19 AM on Monday, September 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | WA-03, WA-08, WA-Exec, WA-Gov, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve suggests The Seattle Times might want to devote some ink to the real fires that are actually burning right now, like the ecological catastrophe in the Amazon or Individual Number One's assault on our rights and freedoms. |
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| Published at: | 11:46 AM on Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres, WA-Exec, WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Governor Jay Inslee's first term was -- legislatively speaking -- sabotaged by the treachery of Rodney Tom. Inslee could regain lost opportunities to sign progressive bills into law with a third term. |
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| Published at: | 11:45 PM on Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres, WA-Exec, WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | The 10th Legislative District will soon have a new state senator, who must be of the same party as Bailey. The seat will be contested in next year's presidential elections. |
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| Published at: | 6:50 PM on Monday, August 19th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Today, the Washington State Senate and the Washington State House of Representative each gained a new member from the 1st Legislative District as a result of the resignation of former State Senator Guy Palumbo back in May. |
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| Published at: | 6:10 PM on Monday, July 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Legislative Appointments |
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| Excerpt: | Lovelett, an Anacortes City Councilmember, was chosen by the legislative authorities of Whatcom, Skagit, and San Juan counties to represent the 40th LD. |
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| Published at: | 6:50 PM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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