It’s hard to believe we are nearly halfway through session. This week was fiscal cuttoff, and we will be spending long hours voting on bills on the House floor next…
Rep. Orwall’s e-Newsletter for February 28, 2015
Category: Tina Orwall
Ask Tina 3: Breakfast after the Bell & investments in higher education
Watch Rep. Tina Orwall (D-Des Moines) respond to constituent emails on Breakfast After the Bell (House Bill 1295), and on investments in higher education: not increasing tuition and supporting State…
Rep. Orwall’s e-Newsletter for February 23, 2015
Children’s Day 2015 Last Monday was Children’s Day at the state Capitol. This is a great tradition that allows young ones to see the Legislature in person. This is always…
Proposal to raise smoking age passes House Health Care Committee with bipartisan vote
Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s agency-request bill to raise the state’s legal smoking age to 21 passed a key legislative hurdle today. The House Health Care & Wellness Committee approved the…
Rep. Orwall’s e-Newsletter for February 14, 2015
These wonderful students from the Youth Ambassador leadership class at Pacific Middle School testified in the Education Committee this week on Rep. Tana Senn’s bill to develop standards for Social…