With a little over four weeks left to go in the session, Speaker Jinkins is thinking about the many steps that need to happen to get a final budget agreement,…
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The Speaker’s Scoop: The most challenging budget situation of her entire speakership
This week, Speaker Laurie Jinkins is focused squarely on the Legislature’s next, and biggest, task: crafting and passing an operating budget — a moral document — that exemplifies consistent Democratic…
The Speaker’s Scoop: A micro-podcast as the cutoff deadline looms
It’s House of Origin Cutoff, an important deadline in the session, so Speaker Jinkins only had 56 seconds to chat with us.
The Speaker’s Scoop: Uncharted territory
Speaker Laurie Jinkins discusses the transition in Olympia to full-time floor action this week, and recounts her discussion with U.S. Sen. Patty Murray about the unprecedented threat posed by actions…
The Speaker’s Scoop: The challenge of governing
It’s great to be in the majority, and be able to pass good policies that help people thrive and move Washington forward. Democrats in the state legislature have gotten to…