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E-newsletter: Mental Health Investments & Small Claims Courts

Mental Health Investments: What we’ve done so far It is no overstatement that we are facing a mental health crisis in our state. Our hospital emergency rooms are overflowing with people in…
E-newsletter: Paid Family and Medical Leave, Safe Gun Storage, Oil Trains

Will 2017 (finally) be the year for Paid Family and Medical Leave? To get the ball rolling early, Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Des Moines) and Rep. June Robinson (D-Everett) introduced bills…
First bill passes the House to punish sex traffickers!
Friends and neighbors – I passed my first bill through the House of Representatives this week. I’ve also co-sponsored bills to reduce DUIs, reign in prescription drug costs, and improve…
Immigration Executive Order, Education Funding & Childcare

Washington v. Trump’s Executive Order President Trump’s executive order that restricted all refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries was a shock. As the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and…