The 40th comes to the Capital! I always love it when constituents come visit me in my office. Email is great, but it’s refreshing to have actual people in…
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Urgent action needed on school funding!
The House of Representatives voted on its first bill of the 2017 Legislative session yesterday – HB 1059. You may have heard this referred to as the “Levy Cliff” bill….
What I’ve been working on in Olympia the first two weeks
Hello 28th Legislative District! It’s been a busy couple of weeks here in Olympia and I wanted to give you an update on the work I am doing for you…
My thoughts on the passage of the “levy cliff” bill
We kept our promise to keep schools whole and passed the bill to extend the levy cliff this morning. SHB 1059 passed 62-35. SHB 1059 will allow school districts to…
Proposed changes to distracted driving law garner attention
Rep. Jessyn Farrell introduced HB 1371 last week to update the state’s distracted driving law. She said: “It makes no sense that texting while driving is against the law, but…