Dear friends and neighbors, You don’t need to look at the calendar to know that Fall is in full swing here in Washington. As the rain continues to fall around…
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Dear friends and neighbors, You don’t need to look at the calendar to know that Fall is in full swing here in Washington. As the rain continues to fall around…
Friends and neighbors, Over the past two years, the Tax Structure Work Group conducted robust economic analysis and held initial listening sessions to find out how the Legislature can create…
Dear friends and neighbors, Washington state’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) recently issued an emergency rule to prevent credit scores from being used to determine insurance premiums. This might…
Dear friends and neighbors, Just a quick reminder about our Community Coffee this weekend. We’ll do our best to answer your questions, so bring them with you or send them…
Dear friends and neighbors, The 2021 Legislative Session ended the last week of April and many bills went into effect yesterday, so we think this is the perfect time for…
OLYMPIA – In a ceremony at the Capitol Monday (May 3), Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law a pair of bipartisan bills sponsored by Rep. Lisa Callan (D-5, Issaquah). HB…
Dear friends and neighbors, Today is the 90th day of the 2021 Legislative Session, and with our adjournment scheduled for just over two weeks from now, my colleagues and I…
Dear Friends and neighbors, The 2021 legislative session began in early January and we’re now barely three weeks out from the April 25 adjournment. For many reasons, this has been…
5th Legislative District Representatives Lisa Callan and Bill Ramos share their thoughts on the values that went into writing this 2021-23 Washington Recovery Operating Budget proposal as they discuss some…
OLYMPIA – The availability of childcare in Washington is in short supply and a bill approved in the state House Monday night, HB 1370, sponsored by Rep. Lisa Callan (D-5,…