Below are links to stories you might find interesting featuring Rep. Drew Hansen.
The Public Broadband Act
News Tribune: New law could make it easier to bring broadband internet to the Key Peninsula
GeekWire: Washington state governor expected to sign new bill ending prohibition on municipal broadband
TechDirt: Washington State Votes To Kill Law That Restricted Community Broadband
Vice: Washington State Votes to End Restrictions On Community Broadband
Ars Technica: Victory for municipal broadband as Wash. state lawmakers end restrictions
GeekWire: Dueling public broadband bills make their way through Washington state legislature
The Stranger: Pass the Public Option for Broadband
Gee and Ursula Show: Washington lawmaker says letting government offer internet ‘gives us another option’
Community Networks: Washington Law Could Unleash the Power of Utility Districts to Offer Retail Broadband Services
KING 5: Push for municipal broadband, as pandemic highlights lack of internet access in rural Washington
Geekwire: In a world of ‘remote everything,’ Washington state sees new push for public broadband networks
The Daily Chronicle: Broad Lewis County Coalition Supports Bill to Get Internet From PUDs
The Kitsap Sun: ‘A basic requirement for modern life’: Hansen bill seeks to bolster broadband rollout
Columbia Basin Herald: PUDs may offer services directly to customers if bill passes
The Worker Protection Act
The Stranger: Wage Theft Is a Massive Problem. Here’s What Washington Can Do About It.
The Stranger: Major Worker Protection Bill Narrowly Passes Committee, Will Likely Head to the House Floor
College Tuition/Workforce Education Investment Act:
New York Times: Washington State Moves Toward Free and Reduced College Tuition, With Businesses Footing the Bill
Washington Post: Free college? Actually, some states are already offering it to students.
Central Point of Contact Background Checks:
Seattle Times: Washington House OKs bill to centralize gun background checks
Seattle Times: Washington needs centralized system for gun-buyer background checks, state report says
Net neutrality:
Q13 Fox: Net neutrality is dead, Washington state aims to bring it back to life
Arstechnica: Why the first state with a net neutrality law isn’t scared of lawsuits
Fast Company: The Next Battle Between States And The Feds Is Over Your Personal Data
Fast Company: Washington just passed the country’s toughest net neutrality legislation
Fast Company: The Net Neutrality Defender Fighting Trump From The Other Washington
Seattle Times: Washington leaders, keep up the fight to restore net neutrality
Seattle Times: Net-neutrality bill sails through the Senate; now headed to Gov. Jay Inslee
Geek Wire: It’s official: Washington governor signs landmark net neutrality bill into law
Geek Wire: Washington becomes first state in the nation to pass net neutrality regulations in defiance of FCC
KEXP: Update: Net Neutrality and Nonprofit Media
New York Times: States push back after net neutrality repeal
KING 5: New bill could save net neutrality in Washington
Kitsap Sun: Local lawmakers line up bills for 2018 session
The Stranger: A new bill could help protect the open Internet in Washington state even if net neutrality gets repealed
Geek Wire: Here’s what Washington state’s legally contentious net neutrality bill looks like up close
Higher education:
Kitsap Sun: Four-year early childhood degree to be offered in Kitsap
Seattle Times: Proposals in Olympia would erase gap in aid for state’s low-income college students
Tacoma News Tribune: Washington lawmakers split on clearing financial aid waiting list for low-income students
Kitsap Sun: House Democrats propose expanding higher ed in Kitsap
KNKX: Bill would open scholarships to some undocumented students in Washington
The Stranger: WA legislators re-introduce bill to protect DREAMers from losing financial aid
Check back for more.