The case for enacting half of Brian Heywood and Jim Walsh’s six initiatives into law
Democratic lawmakers are poised to cleave a slate of six right wing initiatives in two, voting half into law while sending the other half to the ballot. Here’s the logic behind the move. …
Raise the Wage Renton celebrates likely passage of Initiative Measure No. 23-02
In initial election night returns, 57.50% of voters in Renton, Washington are saying yes to Initiative Measure No. 23-02, which qualified for the ballot back in November and concerns establishing labor standards for the city’s employers. …
#FairWages&Leave #WABallot #WACities
In initial election night returns, 57.50% of voters in Renton, Washington are saying yes to Initiative Measure No. 23-02, which qualified for the ballot back in November and concerns establishing labor standards for the city's employers.
Initiative 2124 (sabotaging the Washington Cares Fund) gets certified
Passage of Initiative 2124 would leave working Washingtonians without access to an affordable plan they can count on to provide them with money to pay for long-term care, including in-home care, when they need it. …
#Insurance&Coverage #PermanentDefense #WABallot
Passage of Initiative 2124 would leave working Washingtonians without access to an affordable plan they can count on to provide them with money to pay for long-term care, including in-home care, when they need it.
Initiative 2111 (prohibiting fair taxation based on ability to pay) gets certified
Although Washington State does not currently levy an income tax, Initiative 2111 nevertheless seeks to prohibit the state and its localities from levying one. …
#FiscalResponsibility #PermanentDefense #StrongCommonwealth #WABallot
Initiative 2109 (repealing billions of dollars in education funding) gets certified
Initiative 2109 would eradicate nearly $900 million a year in funding from Washington’s K-12 schools, early learning, and childcare to give a tax cut to the very wealthiest Washingtonians. …
#FiscalResponsibility #PermanentDefense #StrongCommonwealth #WABallot
Reject Initiative 2113 to keep reasonable safeguards on police pursuits in place
In this guest essay for The Cascadia Advocate, Sonia Joseph and Martina Morris explain why Washington voters should reject Initiative 2113 this November. …
Initiative 2081 (jeopardizing student privacy) gets certified
Initiative 2081 would undermine the ability of youth to access gender affirming and reproductive care services through their schools, jeopardizing carefully crafted safe harbor policies. …
Initiative 2117 (repealing Washington’s Climate Commitment Act) gets certified
Initiative 2117 would repeal the landmark Climate Commitment Act, one of the most important environmental protection laws ever adopted by Washington’s elected representatives. …
Initiative 2113 (allowing dangerous police pursuits to resume) gets certified
Initiative 2113 would allow dangerous high speed police chases to resume by removing reasonable safeguards for pursuits adopted and subsequently revised by the Legislature in recent sessions in response to protests over unsafe, inequitable policing in Washington State and across the country. …
Initiative 2113 would allow dangerous high speed police chases to resume by removing reasonable safeguards for pursuits adopted and subsequently revised by the Legislature in recent sessions in response to protests over unsafe, inequitable policing in Washington State and across the country.
Let’s Go Washington submits signatures for I-2081, a parental notification scheme
The initiative is an attempt to bring the Republican Party’s national culture wars push to the November 2024 Washington State ballot. …
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