by Erik Smith | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers May 2, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Staffers and well-wishers swarmed the Senate floor as the 2025 legislative session ended Sunday...
by Erik Smith | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
OLYMPIA – A bill creating a testing program to measure forever-chemical contamination in Washington’s food supply heads the list of wins for Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview in an otherwise-discouraging 2025 legislative session that ended Sunday, April 27. Despite passage...
by ericcampbell | Apr 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s normal for the new state budgets to be adopted on the final day of our regular legislative session, and this year was no different. This is how the operating budget looked as it sat on the “bar” at the front of the Senate chamber on Sunday. The...
by ericcampbell | Apr 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
On the final day of its 2025 session, the Legislature approved the 2025-27 state capital budget, with the two Senate Republicans who helped develop this budget praising it for addressing needs throughout Washington. “I’m pleased that the capital budget passed by the...
by Erik Smith | Apr 28, 2025 | Leadership News & Blog, Uncategorized
OLYMPIA – Three bills introduced by Sen. Shelly Short in Washington’s just-finished 2025 legislative session have been approved by lawmakers and have been sent to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. The bills address problems related to the exponential growth...
