OLYMPIA – While Washington schools faced $358 million in budget cuts, including nearly $8 million alone to Federal Way schools, bipartisan effort to pass the “levy cliff” bill moved the…
Reeves Praises Bipartisan Effort to Pass “Levy Cliff” Bill
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Mid-session update from Reps. Tharinger and Chapman
Education, health care and public safety OLYMPIA—At the mid-way point of the 2017 session, Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Dungeness) and Rep. Mike Chapman (D-Port Angeles) say the House of Representatives has…
Rep. Lovick responds to Sound Transit 3 car tab issue: Relief, Rebate, and Reform
Rep. John Lovick (D-Mill Creek, center) on the floor of the House of Representatives with Rep. Mike Pellicciotti, Rep. Kristine Reeves, Transportation Chair Rep. Judy Clibborn (seated), Rep. Shelley Kloba…
Levy cliff fix headed to Governor’s desk
OLYMPIA – The House of Representatives voted today to fix the looming $358 million levy cliff crisis facing public schools next year. Without this bill, school districts have been forced…
House approves Equal Pay Opportunity Act
OLYMPIA—The Equal Pay Opportunity Act was the last bill considered on the House floor this evening. It passed on a 61-36 vote and is on its way to the Senate….