By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY OLYMPIA — State Sen. Joe Nguyen is proposing a Washington state version of Andrew Yang’s universal basic income. Nguyen introduced Senate Bill 6625 on Jan. 24—which would give 500 adults in Washington state $500 a month for 18 months. The program would cost approximately $7 million over the state’s two-year […]
First Vietnamese state senator and other election highlights
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SEATTLE — A record-breaking 2018 midterm election in Washington mostly ended the night of Nov. 6 with some major races called. Here are some of the highlights. Joe Nguyen won the 34th District State Senate race – 58 percent to Shannon Braddock’s 41 percent. Nguyen will become the state’s first […]
Joe Nguyen running a grassroots campaign for state senate
By Jessica Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly Joe Nguyen sat across the table at Freshy’s, one of his favorite hangouts in West Seattle, bursting with energy towards his recently launched campaign for the 34th district seat in the Washington state senate. If Nguyen wins the seat, soon to be vacated by Sharon Nelson, he will […]