Hello and Happy New Year! We are back in session in Olympia and I’m ready to pick up where we left off last year. As you know, we passed a…
Rep. Ortiz-Self e-Newsletter: Back in Olympia and ready to work!

Hello and Happy New Year! We are back in session in Olympia and I’m ready to pick up where we left off last year. As you know, we passed a…
Balancing the budget Unlike the federal government in D.C., our state must have a balanced budget, and reaching a bipartisan agreement on how to do that is what kept us…
Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self, D-Mukilteo, and Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, will host a telephone town hall on Tuesday, May 26 at 6 pm to update their constituents…
Will we have a Transportation Package this year? That’s certainly my hope, particularly since the last time the Legislature passed a transportation revenue package was ten years ago. It’s time….
OLYMPIA—Last night the House Transportation Committee approved amended versions of both the Transportation Revenue bill, ESSB 5987, on a 17-8 vote, and the Transportation spending bill, ESSB 5988, on a…