Dear Friends: Greetings from Seattle! After 105 days of session, and two special sessions, the Legislature finally passed its final operating budget. With the first divided Legislature in a decade…
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Education wins in final budget
A week has passed since the end of the second (and final) special session this year and I’ve finally put socks and shoes on and shaved. This was an exhausting…
As to his question about transit agency’s plans for light-rail service: AG Opinion sides with Moeller
“The Attorney General’s Office finally responded to my request for a formal Opinion about state law regarding the provision of light-rail service by the Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area….
Moeller says budget is ‘a good compromise under difficult circumstances’
“The budget agreement is a first step — a good compromise under difficult circumstances. “Funding our schools, guaranteeing health care for more than 300,000 Washington people who wouldn’t otherwise have…
Special Session Update from Reps. Morris and Lytton
Dear friends and neighbors, State budget writers are inching closer to an agreement that will hopefully be presented to legislators for approval this week. Time is of the essence – the…