Representative Steve Tharinger (D-Dungeness) has been named vice chair of the Finance Committee for the 2015 Legislative Session of the State House of Representatives. “Funding our education system and crucial…
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Stanford, Tharinger top “2014 Municipal Champions”
A statewide organization representing Washington’s 281 towns and cities recently launched a yearly award to celebrate some of the cream of the legislative crop. Bothell Democrat Derek Stanford and Sequim…
Rep. Steve Tharinger – Health Care Access Champion
Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Sequim) was first elected to the Legislature in 2010. Since that time he has left a mark regarding health care access that is quite… well… remarkable. In…
Tharinger appointed to committee preparing for “age wave”
Last legislative session, Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Dungeness) secured funding to create the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging and Disability. The committee will be tasked with coming up with a plan…
House advances environmental, natural resource legislation
Protecting our state’s quality of life is the overarching theme of several environmental and natural resource-related measures championed by House Democrats. The House has advanced a package of bills protecting…