Legislation would recommend felony prosecution for egregious violations of campaign finance laws OLYMPIA—Rep. Kevin Van De Wege (D-Sequim) announced today legislation that would give the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) the…
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Great Town Hall meeting last weekend
Rep. Joan McBride, Sen. Cyrus Habib and I had a great, if lightly attended town hall meeting last week at Redmond City Hall. We’ll do more of these, and I’ll…
Washington reserves becoming healthy again
The Pew Charitable Trusts devotes significant resources to assessing the fiscal health of the states. They do (mostly) great work, and the information they provide is a great comparison of…
Minimum wage, paid sick and safe leave bills introduced in Legislature
OLYMPIA – A group of lawmakers in Olympia introduced bills that would work toward ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed by raising the state’s minimum wage and requiring…
Rep. Walkinshaw introduces the Fair Tenant Screening Act
OLYMPIA – Rep. Brady Walkinshaw (D-Seattle) introduced the Fair Tenant Screening Act as one of his first bills of the 2015 legislative session. The bill aims to ease the financial burden…