OLYMPIA—A bill that reaffirms the state’s commitment to end homelessness, introduced by Rep. Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney back in the 2011 session, was passed out of the Senate this evening. “This…
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Car-theft bill passes Legislature
OLYMPIA— Legislation to curb a recent rise in car-thefts and target repeat offenders was passed unanimously by the Senate today and now heads to the governor to be signed into…
Moscoso secures funding in House budget to fight street violence
OLYMPIA –Rep. Luis Moscoso’s prevention and intervention measure (HB 2432) did not make the deadline to get passed out of the House as a policy bill. The freshman legislator, however,…
Rep. Orwall’s February 29/2012 e-memo
Dear Neighbors, The House 2012 supplemental budget proposal was released last Tuesday. Budget writers had been working on the document for several months, but needed the final revenue forecast before…
House passes Clibborn bill to keep SR 520 bridge work on track
OLYMPIA—The House of Representatives took action today to prevent the threat of an automatic work-stoppage at the SR 520 bridge project from torpedoing nearly 900 construction jobs and inflating taxpayer…