OLYMPIA – House lawmakers passed legislation that will return $780 million to car tab taxpayers by updating and correcting the way cars are valued for ST3 taxes. HB 2201 is…
Car Tab Relief Bill Passes House
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Capital budget means millions for JBLM, Western State, Lakewood, and rest of region
OLYMPIA – Local projects important to the region will finally get the funding they need now that the Legislature has passed the $4 billion capital budget from 2017. Lawmakers were…
WATCH: Rep. Drew Hansen on the New Hope Act
Rep. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, is the sponsor of the New Hope Act (House Bill 2890), which would provide rehabilitated, formerly incarcerated individuals a chance to rebuild their lives after…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Public hearing on legislation giving formerly incarcerated individuals a second chance upon re-entry (HB 2890)
Who: Rep. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, prime sponsor of HB 2890, and Tarra Simmons, law school graduate and formerly incarcerated person who successfully appealed the Washington State Bar Association’s decision…
Honoring a lifetime of public service: House passes measure naming State Route 395 after late Speaker Tom Foley
OLYMPIA – Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley spent 30 years representing his eastern Washington district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He eventually became the first Speaker from…