Dear Friends and Neighbors – The 2018 Legislative Session is just around the corner. I want to give you a brief update on some key issues from the 2017 session…
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Rep. Orwall’s 11/20/17 update: Committee Days / WAHealthplanfinder / Preventing mass shootings / Education Funding / Podcast on Veterans / Atlantic Salmon
Committee Assembly Days Last week, legislators returned to Olympia for Committee Assembly Days. While we keep busy during the interim with work sessions, meetings, community events and more, Committee Assembly…
Rep. Valdez e-Newsletter: Paid Family Leave / Operating Budget & Education Funding / Capital Budget
Dear friends, I was appointed to fill the 46th Legislative District seat vacated by former Rep. Jessyn Farrell last month. You can read about my appointment, as well as my…
Rep. Orwall’s 7/7/17 update: Operating Budget & Education Funding / Air Quality Study / Paid Family Leave
Operating Budget & Education Funding As you know, last week we averted a government shutdown by finally passing the operating budget in the nick of time. I’m pleased that a…
Links to 2017-19 budget documents now live
Below are the 17-19 budget details provided by nonpartisan staff for the proposed negotiated budget between the House and Senate. OPR (nonpartisan) Summary document: https://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/Budget/Detail/2017/hoSummary_0630.pdf Agency Detail: https://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/Budget/Detail/2017/hoAgyDetail_0630.pdf Four-Year Budget…