Author Archives: tracyellis

Senate Republicans were hard at work for their constituents during the legislative session

By tracyellis | Published on May 28, 2019

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Republican State Senator Steve O’Ban held a press conference near the site of the 2017 Amtrak train derailment in DuPont to present a plan aimed at avoiding future tragedies

By tracyellis | Published on May 23, 2019

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Taxapalooza 2019 culminates with Governor Inslee signing the budget from Majority Democrats in the State Legislature

By tracyellis | Published on May 21, 2019

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Taxapalooza 2019 – Majority Democrats in the State Legislature seemed determined to raise taxes from day one of the 2019 legislative session

By tracyellis | Published on May 07, 2019

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Property tax-raising school levy increases wouldn’t be needed under a plan proposed by Republican State Senator John Braun

By tracyellis | Published on April 26, 2019

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The State Senate passed a resolution honoring Class of 2019 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Jack Sikma.

By tracyellis | Published on April 18, 2019

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Another Tax Day is a time for two state legislators to lament tax hikes proposed in Olympia

By tracyellis | Published on April 15, 2019

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government workers can’t be forced to pay union dues, but Republicans say a bill passed in the Senate attempts to circumvent that ruling.

By tracyellis | Published on April 13, 2019

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Wolves are moving into Western Washington, worrying a state senator, and a state legislator is backing a different type of clean energy

By tracyellis | Published on April 09, 2019

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He says the State Senate Democrats’ spending plan has unneeded tax hikes and unnecessary expenditures, but Republican Senate budget lead John Braun says it could be worse – it could be the one released by House Democrats.

By tracyellis | Published on April 03, 2019

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