Schoolchildren can learn about blood donations and why they matter under a bill signed this week by Gov. Bob Ferguson. Senate Bill 5641, introduced by 17th District Sen. Paul Harris, will encourage but not require school districts, charter schools and state-tribal education compact schools to make students aware of blood donations. State law already does...

Several proposals introduced this year by 17th District Sen. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, are still alive this session after being approved by the Senate ahead of today’s “floor cutoff” deadline for the Senate to pass its own bills. “I’m very encouraged to see these bills receive approval by my Senate colleagues,” said Harris. “Most of them...

March 4, 2025 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Greetings from Olympia! The 2025 legislative session recently reached another key deadline. Last Friday was the deadline for the Senate’s two budget committees – Ways and Means, and Transportation – to pass Senate bills sent to them. With that “cutoff” for voting behind us, the Senate is now...