December 14, 2016 – Meet Your Representatives Meet Your Representatives: Mark Schoesler, Mary Dye, and Joe Scmick Delegation from Washington State’s 9th Legislative District, which includes WSU, visited the Foley Institute for their annual legislative preview. Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler and Representatives Mary Dye and Joe Schmick updated the audience about the upcoming legislative session in Olympia. Senator Schoesler discussed the […]
Thursday, October 20th, the Foley Institute and the Hoops Institute of Taxation Research and Policy at the Carson College of Business co-sponsored a debate regarding I-732.
September 27, 2016 – Panel Discussion Race & Policing September 27, the Foley Institute hosted a panel of experts to speak on the recent events surrounding race and policing in United States. Dr. Lorenzo Boyd, Chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Captain CP Taylor of the Tacoma […]
May 3, 2016 – Coffee & Politics Series Meet your representative Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers serves Washington State’s 5th congressional district. Even as the highest ranking Republican woman in the House, Rep. McMorris Rodgers returned to visit Eastern Washington for a town hall forum at the Foley Institute on May 3rd. More about Cathy McMorris […]
September 16, 2016 – Coffee & Politics Series “The politics of education in the state of Washington” with Randy Dorn September 16, Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn joined the Foley Institute to discuss the McCleary Decision on Public Education Funding and Reform. The policy derives its name from the McCleary family, Dorn explained, that […]
Randy Dorn to present “The politics of education in Washington state” A lifelong resident of Washington state, Randy Dorn has been an elementary and middle school teacher, a principal and a legislator. For nine years he was executive director of Public School Employees of Washington, the second largest educational employee’s organization in Washington state. In […]
May 3, 2016 – Coffee & Politics Series Meet Your Representative: Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers serves Washington State’s 5th congressional district. Even as the highest ranking Republican woman in the House, Rep. McMorris Rodgers returned to visit Eastern Washington for a town hall forum at the Foley Institute on May 3rd. […]
Coffee & Politics Series Upcoming lecture with Cathy McMorris Rodgers
April 25, 2016 – Coffee & Politics Series Justin Vaughn: “Reconciling Barack Obama’s legacy and the rise of Donald Trump” On April 25, 2016, Professor Justin Vaughn of Boise State University presented “Reconciling Barack Obama’s Legacy & the Rise of Donald Trump.” In this talk, Professor Vaughn questioned what the legacy of Barack Obama would […]
April 14, 2016 – Coffee & Politics Series “Climate Change: A report from the front lines” with Bill McKibben April 14th, the Foley Institute welcomed Bill McKibben, whom the Boston Globe awarded the title of the “most important environmentalist.” McKibben has organized approximately twenty thousand demonstrations around the world, with his latest campaign against the […]