Dear friends and neighbors, February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate our Black and African American communities, and a time to reflect on how we can fight anti-Black…
Celebrating Black History Month and a Legislative Update
Category: Laurie Jinkins
2023 Session Update, Accessing the Working Families Tax Credit, Reproductive Health, and more
Dear friends and neighbors, Hello from Olympia, where we’re wrapping up the third week of this year’s legislative session! We’re in the thick of committee hearings right now but have…
The People’s Work
Dear friends and neighbors, Hello from Olympia, where we’ve started the 2023 Legislative Session! For the first time since 2020, we’re gathering to do the people’s work in-person — a…
Workforce shortages, housing priorities for Washington House Democrats
OLYMPIA – The 2023 legislative session got underway in Olympia today, the first time since 2020 that lawmakers gathered fully in person. Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) was…
Speaker Jinkins on a decade of marriage equality in Washington state: “We will continue standing strong for LGBTQ+ rights and rejecting hate in our communities”
OLYMPIA – When President Biden signed the federal Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, House Speaker Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) was at the White House to celebrate the historic moment. The…
House Democrats elect leadership team, including new Majority Leader; Jinkins re-elected Speaker
OLYMPIA – House Democrats held their caucus reorganization meeting today, electing seven members of their leadership team while welcoming 12 new caucus members. Democrats retain their majority party status in…
Statement from Speaker Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) on today’s US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
“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…
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…