February 19th marks the 75th anniversary of when President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This action sent 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry to internment camps within the…
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Blake Legislative Update – Rural school construction / Commercial fishing
Rep. Brian Blake (D-Aberdeen) talks about his bill addressing the need of schools in rural areas. He also talks about his commercial fishing bill, which raises fees to direct that…
HR 4613: Day of Remembrance
Watch my floor speech recognizing the Day of Remembrance Sunday, February 19th, marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt resulting in…
Join me for coffee in Steilacoom on Saturday!
Join me for coffee on Saturday Want to chat about what is going on in Olympia? I’m hosting a coffee chat in Steilacoom at Espresso by the Bay (1203 Rainier…
HB 2095: Columbia River Crossing
March 29, 2017 HB 2095 did not make it out of the Senate Transportation Committee before the next cutoff, therefore it is likely “dead” for the session. However, a companion…