Fantastic Fridays

• Week 4 | Legislative Cutoffs, Building Electrification, & Charity Care | February 4, 2022

  Understanding Legislative Cutoffs Although it feels like we just started, we’re over a third of the way through this year’s legislative session! In fact, yesterday we passed the first legislative… READ MORE

• Week 3 | Protecting and Restoring Salmon, Police Accountability, & You’re Invited to a Lunar New Year celebration | January 28, 2022

  House Bill 1117 Passed the House A bill I introduced last session, House Bill 1117, passed the House again this week on a vote of 57-40! The bill integrates salmon recovery into the Growth… READ MORE

• Welcome to the 2022 Legislative Session! | January 14, 2022

  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… READ MORE

• COVID-19 Q&A, Economic Recovery, and the Green Amendment | August 27, 2021

  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… READ MORE

• Spread the Word on the Child Tax Credit, WA in a Drought, and the WA Cares Fund | July 23, 2021

  Happy Fantastic Friday! The Child Tax Credit: Relief for Families An expanded Child Tax Credit included in the American Rescue Plan is now available for most families! For every child under 6,… READ MORE

• The Child Tax Credit, Fair Start for Kids Rollout, Redistricting, and More! | July 16, 2021

  Happy Fantastic Friday! The Child Tax Credit The American Rescue Plan provided the largest Child Tax Credit ever. The amount that a family can receive per child was raised and instead of… READ MORE

• MMIWP Task Force Appointment, the WA Green Amendment, & ESD Updates | June 25, 2021

  Happy Fantastic Friday! MMIWP Task Force Appointment Earlier this week, I was appointed as a legislative representative to the newly established  Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Task… READ MORE

• Happy Juneteenth, Staying the Course against COVID, & Long-Term Care | June 18, 2021

  Juneteenth is this weekend! Tomorrow is Juneteenth! You may have heard the word “Juneteenth” before, maybe even you remember learning about it in school. But for many, Juneteenth is more than… READ MORE

• Honoring Coast Salish Peoples and our National Guard Servicemembers! | May 28, 2021

  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… READ MORE

• Environmental & Police Accountability Packages Signed Into Law! | May 21, 2021

  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…. READ MORE