A measure to help encourage home ownership by making it easier to build smaller condominium buildings is advancing in the state Legislature. Tracy Ellis reports.

A measure to help encourage home ownership by making it easier to build smaller condominium buildings is advancing in the state Legislature. Tracy Ellis reports.
State Legislative Democrats agree to hold hearings on some of the initiatives, but many are asking, why not all of them? Tracy Ellis explains.
Sen. Brad Hawkins on KOZI Radio talking about state budgets, the initiatives to the Legislature, and his ‘Walking Start to Running Start’ bill.
State Legislative Republicans – Sens. John Braun and Lynda Wilson and Reps. Drew Stokesbary and Chris Corry – hold a weekly media availability to discuss the very latest in the 2024 legislative session. https://youtu.be/9tRmHHBkxyQ
Senator Mark Schoesler on 920 News Now with Dave Spencer talking about the Senate Capital Budget and his bill that would create a fund to provide low-interest loans to school districts for construction projects.
Northwest Newsradio’s Jeff Pohjola interviews state Senate Republican Leader John Braun about majority Democrats’ willingness to give three initiatives hearings in Olympia, while ignoring three others. They also discuss rent control.
With a host of public-safety priorities and no new taxes, the state Senate Republican budget leader is encouraged by the Senate supplemental budget proposal. Tracy Ellis explains.
Washington state Senator Nikki Torres joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about her proposed legislation to help DACA recipients. Senate bill 5631 would require state agencies to clearly identify programs and services that accepts applicants with federal Deferred Action...
Initiative 2124 to the Legislature would allow you to opt out of the long-term care payroll tax. The tax is expensive and burdensome. The benefit is minimal. You can’t collect it if you retire in another state. https://youtu.be/pXqgfQsiyww
Sen. John Braun provides an update on where key bills from the Senate Republican Caucus stand in the legislative process. https://youtu.be/5I3yvzztEf0?si=rbaDytzixWzwVPvQ
Sen. John Braun talks to Lars Larson about a bill blocked by House Democrats that would make it a crime to knowingly expose a child to fentanyl, rent control legislation, and a measure that could severely restrict access to natural gas.
Sen. Short talks about bills to hike property tax increases, make more people pay real estate excise taxes, and limit what landlords can collect in rent.