Dear Friends and Neighbors, This week has been a troubling week in the 45th District. The King County Department of Health has confirmed that there have been nine deaths from…
Category: Email Updates
Video Update: Criminal Sentencing Task Force, Property Tax Exemptions, and Stopping Shoplifters
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Thank you to everyone who came out to our town hall last weekend! It was a great chance to answer your questions and hear directly from…
Video Update: Helping Students Return to School From the Justice System and Town Halls
Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’re almost at the half-way point of the 2020 legislative session. This session we are considering several important measures related to housing, education, environmental protection, health…
Video Update: Highlights of the 2019 Legislative Session
Highlights of the 2019 Legislative Session The 2019 legislative session saw many major accomplishments. We passed three budgets – operating, transportation, and capital – before finishing on time. The budgets…
Video Update: Sentencing Reform & An Update on Legislation
Reforming our state’s criminal sentencing system The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world. As of 2016, over 2.2 million Americans were serving time in…
A Balanced Approach to Washington’s Budget
Washington has three different budgets. Although they each fund a different function of state government, together they are a vision for the future of our state. The capital budget, sometimes…
Juvenile Rehabilitation & Upcoming 45th LD Town Hall!
Rethinking Juvenile Justice Recent research shows that the brain continues to develop until around age 25. That’s why young people can often be impulsive, engage in risky behaviors, and are…
Telephone Town Hall, Green Transportation, and Daylight Savings Time
Reminder: 45th Telephone Town Hall this Thursday! Join us this Thursday, March 7 at 6 PM for a live telephone town hall! If you don’t have a landline or don’t receive…
Video Update: Reducing Domestic Violence & 45th LD Telephone Town Hall!
A treatment-oriented approach to reducing domestic violence Domestic abusers subject their victims to a cycle of abuse, and recent research has shown that the current system isn’t doing enough to…
Addressing Climate Change & Behavioral Health
Climate bills are moving through the House The science is clear: climate change poses significant risks to our economy, our health, and our quality of life. The most recent National…