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July 2, 2009
Golden Gavel falls upon Rep. Dave Quall
June 30, 2009
Lawmakers: Racist graffiti re-emphasizes need for Human Rights
office in Clark County
June 26, 2009
Rep. Dave Quall to serve on new committee aimed at reducing
“achievement gap” in schools
June 24, 2009
Stock water:
McCoy joins panel ‘reviewing the state of our resource’
May 26, 2009
Seven years of
persistence pays off for Wahkiakum County
May 22, 2009
Jacks is
selected as one of only 40 2009 Henry Toll Fellows
May 21, 2009
Text of Rep.
Upthegrove's testimony to the EPA panel in Seattle on greenhouse
gases
May 20, 2009
Washington
Education Association grants Rep. Sells Friend of Education
Award
May 19, 2009
Kent-area
casino jobs spared
May 19, 2009
Governor
signs bill providing local options to help counties bridge
budget gaps
May 19, 2009
Governor signs bill to end bleeding of millions in sales taxes in
“underground” construction industry
May 18, 2009
Moeller's
vulnerable-adults bill is signed into Washington law
May 18, 2009
Earning a
high school diploma just got easier for Running Start students
May 15, 2009
Governor
signs Wallace’s legislation to streamline transportation options for
people with special needs
May 15, 2009
Rep.
Pettigrew launches community access meetings
May 12, 2009
Gregoire signs law
to help the homeless
May 12, 2009
Hasegawa’s
mentoring bill becomes law
May 12, 2009
Takko’s ‘fair-claims
bill’ signed into law by the governor
May 8, 2009
Chase’s renewable
energy loan expansion program signed into law
May 8, 2009
Signed into law:
Jacks’ plan improves services for deaf, hard-of-hearing students
May 7, 2009
State PTA awards its highest honor to Ruth Kagi
May 7, 2009
Major school-safety reform signed into law
Darneille measure includes automatic dismissal of school employees who commit serious crimes
May 7, 2009
Gregoire signs law to protect children's mental health services
May 7, 2009
Governor signs bill easing school-transfer process for military
children
May 7, 2009
Hasegawa,
McIntire Jumpstart Business-Loan Program for Veterans, Minorities
and Women
May 7, 2009
Statement from
House Speaker Frank Chopp and Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown
regarding special session
May 5, 2009
Governor signs
White’s 100-year floodplains bill
May 5, 2009
34th District lawmakers invite citizens to town hall meeting
May 4, 2009
Darneille voting rights bill signed into law
April 30, 2009
Legislature
overwhelmingly approves first gun-safety bill in twenty years
April 28, 2009
New law aims to rescue children from lives of prostitution
April 28, 2009
Constituent-inspired bill on its way to Governor's desk
April 26, 2009
House Democrats end
session with balanced budget
April 26, 2009
Van De Wege
stands up for struggling Harborites
April 26, 2009
Jobs bill for Cowlitz
and Grant counties heads to the governor’s desk
April 25, 2009
Capital Budget will
create jobs 'in every corner of the state'
April 24, 2009
Transportation budget includes funding for Wauna Curves/Purdy
April 24, 2009
Evergreen
Jobs Act clears the Legislature
April 24, 2009
Legislature releases details of final $7.5 billion state transportation
budget
April 24, 2009
Military
parents’ custody rights are affirmed in McCoy’s legislation
April 23, 2009
One-of-a-kind Walla Walla water program signed into law
April 23, 2009
Payday
lending bill wins approval as session winds down
April 23, 2009
Homeschooling
families gain same privacy protections as their public school
counterparts
April 23, 2009
Payday loan law
heads to governor's desk
April 22, 2009
New law
makes breastfeeding in public a mother's civil right
April 22, 2009
Governor set to
sign Takko’s salmon-recovery plan into state law
April 22, 2009
McCoy’s ‘Energy
Freedom’ bill wins final passage, goes to governor
April 21, 2009
Legislature passes bill for energy efficient buildings
April 21, 2009
Kessler, Van De Wege
push voluntary fee to keep state parks open
April 20, 2009
Legislators push community development bill out of House
April 18, 2009
Finn’s bill
getting tougher on Christmas tree theft goes to governor
April 18, 2009
Vulnerable adults
will see more protection from abusers
April 17, 2009
House approves plan
advancing rapid transit, new Columbia River bridge
April 17, 2009
Eastside
state representatives vote no on 520 tolling legislation
April 17, 2009
Recycled paper
requirement translates to jobs for Grays Harbor
April 17, 2009
House
proposes plan to fund health care services
April 16, 2009
Probst’s
Opportunity Internships, Evergreen Jobs clear the Senate
April 16, 2009
Statement from Rep.
Pat Sullivan regarding the Senate’s passage of HB 2261, the basic
education finance bill he sponsored
April 16, 2009
Domestic
partners: House passes ‘fair-minded, commonsense principles’
April 15, 2009
Governor signs Linville bill coordinating permit, regulatory process
for business owners
April 15, 2009
House approves
‘meaningful step forward’ in reducing emissions
April 15, 2009
More students to
find “Opportunity Pathway” to college thanks to bill approved by
legislature
April 15, 2009
Governor signs
incentive to attract film production to Washington
April 15, 2009
Springer and Goodman secure money for local highway, other projects
April 13, 2009
Legislature passes bill to ease school-transfer process for military
children
April 13, 2009
Governor signs the Watley organ transplant bill
April 13, 2009
House approves bill to help small businesses with paperwork
April 13, 2009
Legislature approves
package of bills to improve efficiency, cut costs of public works
projects
April 13, 2009
New law opens mobile home parks to RV's
April 13, 2009
Governor
signs bill to promote education for low-income families
April 13, 2009
Rep. Kathy Haigh
introduces legislation to let colleges raise tuition beyond current
limits
April 10, 2009
House
Democrats provide unemployment insurance tax break to businesses,
increase unemployed workers benefits
April 9, 2009
Important changes
to foreclosure law headed to governor's desk
April 9, 2009
Governor signs
local public works funding measure
April 9, 2009
Kagi’s highway-safety reform signed into law
April 9, 2009
Governor
signs bill to repeal scoliosis screenings in public schools
April 8, 2009
Tax relief may
be on the way for Grays Harbor, Jefferson County property owners
April 8, 2009
Pair of Rep.
Kenney’s economic development bills head to Governor’s desk
April 7, 2009
Snohomish County
works in capital budget, lawmakers note
April 7, 2009
First term
legislator presides over House Floor debate
April 6, 2009
Dunshee: Let's
create jobs by fixing schools and colleges
April 6, 2009
Rep. Miloscia
selected to join Baldrige Award Board of Examiners
April 3, 2009
Kelley’s exchange facilitator bill heads to Governor’s desk
April 3, 2009
Rep.
Pettigrew will recognize scholar-athletes on the Capitol Campus
Monday
April 3, 2009
Construction budget would bring $45 million in projects to 6th
District
April 3, 2009
Senate passes
Moeller’s legislation updating table for child-support payments
April 3, 2009
Moeller, Jacks hail
essential regional projects in transportation plan
April 3, 2009
Lawmakers note hits,
misses in House capital-budget proposal
April 2, 2009
Legislature: Crime victims should have say in offenders’ work
release placements
April 1, 2009
$9
million for 23rd district in newly released House capital budget
April 1, 2009
House Democrats elect Rep. Deb Eddy as new caucus vice-chair
April 1, 2009
Rep. Deb Eddy secures funding for new Children’s Hospital facility in Bellevue
April 1, 2009
House construction
budget focuses on maintenance and preservation throughout state
April 1, 2009
Moeller’s
bill for consumers, honest tradespeople clears Senate, heads to
governor
March 31, 2009
Walla Walla DOL office spared in House budget
March 31, 2009
Senate approves two Driscoll health care bills
March 31, 2009
House proposal funds Spokane road projects
March 31, 2009
Legislature sends veterans’ relief bill to governor’s desk
March 31, 2009
March 31, 2009
Rep. Williams:
House Transportation Budget Addresses Thurston County Needs
House
budget proposal balanced, but cuts deep (View
the photo slide show from the House
Operating Budget press event)
March 30, 2009
House transportation plan carries momentum despite slow economy
March 26, 2009
Wash.
Senate moving Kelley’s military bills
March 26, 2009
Senate
committee passes White's 100-year floodplains bill
March 25, 2009
House Democrats announce new Caucus Chair
March 25, 2009
Governor signs fix to distressed property law
March 25, 2009
Statements from Reps. Pat Sullivan and Skip Priest on education
reform bill hearing today
March 24, 2009
Governor's
signature gives Olympic Peninsula year-round protection from oil
spills
March 19, 2009
Family-wage jobs:
Passed House, Takko’s measure moving in the Senate
March 18, 2009
New House Democrats unite on pledge to support public schools
March 17, 2009
Forbes Magazine names eastern Washington towns tops for new jobs
March 17, 2009
Legislators
discuss education funding in Kent
March 16, 2009
New state laws still in works by local State Rep. Zack Hudgins
March 16, 2009
Higher Education Committee to Discuss Transformational Technology
Options in State Colleges and Universities
March 12, 2009
House Democrats committed to
One Washington agenda
March 12, 2009
House Democrats approve overhaul of K-12 funding system
March 12, 2009
House
passes bill to protect homeowners against construction defects
March 11, 2009
State legislator calls
for renewed spirit of cooperation
March 10, 2009
Kelley
bill to regulate unchecked financial sector clears House
March 10, 2009
Lower tax rate for Hanford businesses clears House
March 10, 2009
House passes bill to promote quality child care
March 10, 2009
Legislature approves energy efficiency boosts for buildings
March 10, 2009
House
Democrats pass Smart Recovery measures
March 10, 2009
Payday loans: House passes ‘a balance for borrowers and lenders’
March 10, 2009
Washington's
foster children focus of legislative package
March 10, 2009
Rep. Kenney’s Opportunity Grant program moves through the House
March 10, 2009
Deaf, hard-of-hearing
students ‘better-served in this new policy,’ Jacks says
March 10, 2009
Dunshee praises House for passing Eryk’s Law
March 10, 2009
Santos champions 'bill of rights' for students and families
March 10, 2009
House votes unanimously for Darneille bill to protect students
March 9, 2009
Bill to bring new solar energy companies to Wash. clears House
March 9, 2009
House passes
landmark law on payday lending
March 9, 2009
House passes Wallace legislation to allow communities to address
railroad crossing issues
March 9, 2009
House
passes Eddy’s legislation to encourage use of electric cars
March 9, 2009
Statement
by Rep. Kevin Van De Wege on Monday’s response tug assist in the
Strait of Juan de Fuca
March 6, 2009
House bill proposes new tuition system to help middle-class families
March 6, 2009
House
unanimously votes to remove Narrows Bridge sales tax
March 6, 2009
Apple Health for
Kids wins House approval
March 6, 2009
McCoy wins
support for legislation boosting work toward ‘Energy Freedom’
March 6, 2009
House approves Walla Walla water program
March 6, 2009
Rep. Kagi’s dropout
reengagement program moves through the House
March 6, 2009
Finn reels in House
passage for his plan keeping fish hatcheries open
March 6, 2009
House approves Jacks’
plan to shore up wildlife, recreation programs
March 6, 2009
Van De
Wege's oil spill prevention measure clears House
March 6, 2009
House passes more than
half-dozen higher education bills
March 6, 2009
Rep. Kenney fights
to save cancer screenings from budget ax
March 5, 2009
Rep. Springer
provides additional option for recession-hit families
March 5, 2009
House approves Rolfes bill reducing barriers for military families
March 5, 2009
House approves Opportunity Internships
March 5, 2009
Washington lawmakers take action to protect the environment
March 5, 2009
House clears McCoy’s
bill boosting cleaner environment and smarter energy
March 5, 2009
New guidelines approved by House to ensure student-athlete safety
March 5, 2009
House endorses Finn’s
legislation stressing ‘top-notch Puget Sound science’
March 5, 2009
Rep. Sherry Appleton
elected Washington state director of National Foundation for Women
Legislators
March 5, 2009
Tenant victims
gain more protections under Kessler bill
March 4, 2009
House passes Dunshee
law to protect forests and jobs
March 4, 2009
Finn wins House OK
for plan modernizing vehicles’ AC standards
March 3, 2009
Rep. Pettigrew seeks solutions to racial disproportionality in the
child welfare system
March 3, 2009
Faculty on
Board measure passes House
March 3, 2009
46th District
Legislators to hold Town Hall on March 14
March 3, 2009
House passes
bill to make more repairs to school buildings
March 3, 2009
House passes bills protecting state's consumers
March 3, 2009
Driscoll’s fix to organ transplant insurance coverage clears the
House
March 3, 2009
Busy day for Liias as
four bills clear House
March 3, 2009
Rep. Green
battles discrimination against breastfeeding mothers
March 3, 2009
House passes a flood
of very dissimilar bills sponsored by Moeller
March 2, 2009
House moves trio of Goodman’s good-government bills
March 2, 2009
Legislature
targets shady limo drivers
March 1, 2009
Op-Ed by Rep. Dunshee:
National race
for green jobs is on; let's win it