Dear friends and neighbors, Today is Day 60, the final day of the 2018 legislative session. The House has passed the final supplemental budget, and the Senate will do so…
An update from Rep. Laurie Jinkins: Day 60
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Final state budget increases higher ed access, options for Kitsap Peninsula
OLYMPIA – State legislators have approved a final supplemental budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes new investments expanding higher education access and options for Kitsap County residents, including…
Legislative Update: Budget / Property Taxes / Common-Sense Gun Laws & School Safety
A budget that puts people first This week we passed the 2018 supplemental operating budget in the House. The supplemental budget makes corrections and adjustments to the biennial budget we…
House approves budget that includes nearly $1 billion in additional teacher compensation funding
OLYMPIA – In what will be a critical component to putting the state in full compliance with the Supreme Court’s McCleary ruling, the House of Representatives approved a supplemental two-year…
What I’ve been up to this summer
Dear friends and neighbors, I’ve recently returned from attending the 2017 National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit, which was held in Boston this year. NCSL is a bipartisan…