“Today is an incredibly bleak day in our nation’s history. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to take away rights from millions of people, undoing longstanding legal…
Category: Laurie Jinkins
2022 Session Victories: Bringing down costs for Washingtonians
Dear friends and neighbors, Rising costs due to inflation are impacting all of us right now, especially working families, people on fixed incomes, and those who were already struggling to…
Statement from Speaker Laurie Jinkins on abortion rights in Washington state
Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma), released the following statement today in response to the draft US Supreme Court opinion suggesting the Court may be poised to overturn Roe…
2022 Session Victories: Keeping communities safe
Dear friends and neighbors, One of the topics I am getting a lot of constituent emails about is community safety. Many people are concerned about whether law enforcement has the…
2022 Session Victories: Addressing Housing Affordability and Homelessness
Dear friends and neighbors, Our state faced a housing affordability and homelessness crisis even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The last two years have only made the situation more urgent….
2022 Session Victories: Supporting Students and Educators
Dear friends and neighbors, The 2022 session was both historic and productive, and I’ll be providing highlights of the major accomplishments in my next several e-newsletters. This newsletter focuses on…
A historic and productive session
Dear friends and neighbors, The 2022 legislative session adjourned sine die yesterday. (Sine die is latin for “without a day,” and basically means we adjourned without a date of…
Building a better future for Washington
Dear friends and neighbors, Thank you to all who were able to join Sen. Trudeau, Rep. Fey and me live this past Tuesday evening for our 27th LD virtual town…
REMINDER: 27th Legislative District Town Hall TOMORROW, 2/22
Dear friends and neighbors, Just a reminder that Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, Rep. Jake Fey and I will be hosting a virtual town hall online tomorrow evening, February 22nd, from 6-7…
Join our virtual town hall on Feb. 22
Dear friends and neighbors, We have officially reached the half-way point of the 2022 legislative session. The cutoff for policy and fiscal bills to get out of their respective committees…