Rep. Eric Pettigrew is an education rebel. He’s not aligned with any one group or special interest. He’s a long-time believer in doing what works. “Traditional public schools must provide…
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Development notification
Here is a small victory for the neighborhoods overwhelmed with development – the Seattle City Department of Planning and Development recommends implementing some notification requirements for development. This would give…
Telephone Town Hall/Olympia Update

Dear Friends: Greetings from Olympia! A lot has happened since I last wrote. We went through committee cutoffs and House of Origin cutoff. Bills that failed to be passed out…
The Seattle Times: Oil-train safety emerges as hot environmental issue in Olympia

Brian Rosenthal – Staff Writer The fight over coal trains, billed as the Pacific Northwest’s biggest environment debate in decades, is so 2013. The new hot topic is oil transportation….
ASK MARY HELEN 3 : Background checks for gun sales

Watch Rep. Mary Helen Roberts respond to a constituent email on Initiative 594: background checks for firearm sales and transfers.