As Washington state faces another long dry summer and we spend hundreds of millions of tax dollars fighting wildfires, we cannot risk additional wildfires caused by reckless and explosive target…
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Senate budget hurts, House budget invests in Washington’s local government priorities
OLYMPIA – The state House and Senate budgets offer vastly different approaches to the problems facing Washington’s cities, counties and other local governments. Rep. Tana Senn (D-Mercer Island), who chairs…
Police Body Cameras
Body Camera Legislation I wanted to share some information on two bills that passed out of the House last week, relating to policing and the use of body cameras. I…
Statement from Rep. Cindy Ryu on the fatal shooting by police in Pasco
We have a problem in America, and in Washington state, with violence and death. I support the governor’s decision to have the state’s attorney general review the county prosecutor’s decision…
Goodman appointed to leadership post on National Conference of State Legislatures committee
OLYMPIA – Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), an attorney and criminal justice expert, has been appointed vice chair of the National Conference on State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Law and Criminal Justice Committee. Next week…