by tracyellis | Mar 9, 2025
Our state’s families and employers are already paying too much in taxes. They need legislators to find ways to end wasteful spending, deliver services at less cost and… $ave Washington! Watch Gov. Ferguson’s News Conference Gov. Bob Ferguson announced on April 1...
by Erik Smith | Mar 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Biosolids applied to a pumpkin field. /Credit: CC-by-3.0/Red58bill OLYMPIA – A bill that aims to get “the scoop on the poop” passed the Senate for the second time Friday, calling attention to possible forever-chemical contamination in Washington’s food supply due to...
by Erik Smith | Feb 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The following op-ed was originally published in the Stevens County Times, March 2025 edition. By Sen. Shelly Short, Rep. Hunter Abell and Rep. Andrew Engell Legislation to regulate wood-burning stoves in our state appears to be dead in Olympia, at least for this year....
by Erik Smith | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Feb. 22, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Wouldn’t you just know it? A poorly thought-out policy in juvenile justice has become yet...
by kimberlywirtz | Feb 13, 2025 | In the News, Law & Justice, Public Safety, Senate Republican Caucus, State Government, Veterans Affairs & Elections
TESTIFY FOR EMERGENCY POWERS REFORM TOMORROW State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections 10:30 a.m. in Senate Hearing Room 2 John A. Cherberg Building Capitol Campus, Olympia HOW TO TESTIFY A bill to reform gubernatorial emergency powers will receive a hearing...