Dear friends and neighbors, Next week we’ll send out a full wrap-up of the 2014 legislative session. But just yesterday, my HB 2580 passed unanimously off the Senate Floor! Our…
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ASK BRIAN : Attorneys for foster kids & Fair Tenant Screening Act
Watch Rep. Brian Blake, D-Aberdeen, responding to constituents emails on House Bill 1285, about attorneys for foster children and youth so their voices can be heard in court, and House…
House OKs three budgets and a school-construction bill
The House of Representatives today passed three supplemental budgets — as well as a significant new classroom-construction measure that aims both to accommodate more full-day kindergartners and to reduce K-3…
Use of “economic models” to mislead the public
The Washington Policy Center, a right-leaning think tank, published a report today with a terrifying title: “Economic model shows Superintendent Dorn’s proposed tax increases would cost 18,500 jobs“. This is…
The Seattle Times: Put oil transport safety legislation back on track
Lance Dickie – Times Editorial Columnist Local communities want information about rail shipments of oil so they can revise local public safety plans. Deadlines loom, and the Senate stalls. Hard…