Transportation Budget Last week the House passed a bipartisan transportation budget that will allocate approximately $8.7 billion in much needed funding to Washington state’s transportation network. The construction portion of…
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Blake’s 4/18/17 Update: Helping Service Members / Protecting Vulnerable People / Naselle Youth Camp / Farewell to Sarah
Dear neighbors, This is the last week of the 2017 legislative session. At this point, much of our time on the Floor is spent voting on concurrences. Bills that are…
Blake’s 1/2/17 Update: Education Funding / Hirst / Veterans
Making sense of the debate about fully funding our public schools There’s a decades-long debate in Olympia about how to pay for public schools and a lot of the debate…
House passes five Kilduff bills
Legislation to help veterans, improve justice system and aid the disabled now in Senate OLYMPIA—At the cutoff date for policy bills to pass to the other chamber, the House of…
House passes package of bills to support veterans and active duty members
OLYMPIA – The three first bills passed by the House of Representatives this morning—all with unanimous votes—will help active duty members, veterans, and their families to have access to services…