The state budget agreed to by the Legislature today delivers for 1 million kids in public schools, middle-class college students struggling to pay tuition bills, 300,000 Washingtonians now without health…
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Deal reached on operating budget
Statements from House budget leaders on the 2013-15 operating budget agreement House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan: “I am very pleased we have a budget agreement that takes a good first…
Statement from Reps. Sam Hunt and Luis Moscoso on the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling
Washington Voting Rights Act sponsors, Rep. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia), who chairs the House Government Operations and Elections Committee, and Rep. Luis Moscoso (D-Mountlake Terrace) released the following statement in response…
Even abused and neglected children deserve an attorney
At a media briefing last Friday State Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, along with former State Supreme Court Justice Bobbe Bridge, attorney Casey Trupin from Columbia Legal Services, the American Bar…
Rep. Cody talks health care reform, gun control and education
On June 20th, Rep. Eileen Cody (D-West Seattle) spoke with the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Rep. Cody brought the group up to speed on the ongoing budget negotiations –…