It’s budget week in Olympia! With only a few weeks left in the 2022 legislative session, my colleagues and I are hard at work finalizing the details of supplemental state…
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Week 6 | Supporting Students & Parents, ADUs, WA Silenced No More, & the Small Biz Flex Fund
We’re Two-Thirds of the Way Through Session This past Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. marked a major deadline in our 60-day legislative session – house of origin cutoff, the time by…
Welcome to the 2022 Legislative Session!
Just like last session, we’ll be doing most of our work virtually to help keep the public, staff, and lawmakers safe. There are also some guidelines we’ll be following to help protect…
COVID-19 Q&A, Economic Recovery, and the Green Amendment
Happy Fantastic Friday! Thank you for your continued diligence as we continue to navigate the rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths here in our communities. We must all work…
Honoring Coast Salish Peoples and our National Guard Servicemembers!
Honoring Coast Salish Peoples Last week, I joined San Juan County officials, representatives from our local tribes, and community members on Orcas Landing to unveil a mural that honors our…
Environmental & Police Accountability Packages Signed Into Law!
Bill Signings this Week On Monday, the governor signed into law multiple pieces of environmental legislation, and I was proud to be able to attend multiple of those bill signings….
Reopening & Vaccine Updates, Bill Signings, & Native American Mascots in the news
COVID-19 Updates Healthy Washington Reopening Yesterday, Gov. Inslee announced that Washington is moving toward a statewide June 30 reopening date! In addition, all counties will move to Phase 3 of…
University Guidance, Emergency Broadband, & the Climate Commitment Act
Happy Fantastic Friday! This week, we honor and remember our missing sisters on National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People. A huge thank you to the Washington State…
Lekanoff Honors Missing Sisters and Pledges Action on National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People
BOW — On the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP), Rep. Debra Lekanoff (D-Bow), the only Native American currently serving in the Washington…
Upcoming Town Hall & the 2021 Session has come to an end!
Join us for the 40th LD Virtual Town Hall on May 6! Before I update you on the 2021 session and dive in to highlights of our final budgets, I…