The 2018 legislative session ended on March 8 – and on-time for a change! Over the next few weeks, I will update you on what a very productive session it…
Category: Nicole Macri
House adds permanence to key tool in fight against homelessness
OLYMPIA – After what was unofficially the longest floor debate thus far this year in the state House of Representatives, lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon approved a sweeping bill designed to…
E-Newsletter: A Progressive Session Reaches the Midpoint
A progressive housing agenda The housing affordability crisis touches not just our city and county, but every corner of the state. People are struggling to stay in their homes or…
Local-control legislation would give cities authority to address the crisis of increasing gun violence
OLYMPIA — Calling gun violence a public health crisis in Washington state, Rep. Nicole Macri testified before the House Judiciary Committee, Thursday, January 25, on her bill allowing cities, towns,…
E-Newsletter: A Progressive Agenda for 2018
Greetings from Olympia The 2018 session began last week. Washington works on a two-year legislative cycle. The primary purpose of even-year “short” sessions is to make supplemental changes to the…
Macri honored by Association of Washington Cities
The Association of Washington Cities (AWC) State Rep. Nicole Macri with a City Champion Award in a Dec. 13 ceremony at Seattle City Hall. The AWC, which advocates on behalf…
E-Newsletter: My bill to retain key tool in effort to end homelessness passes House
The legislature began a second special session on May 23 to finish our work on the state budget and bills necessary to implement the budget. My bill, House Bill 1570,…
Rep. Nicole Macri tapped as “Emerging Leader”
OLYMPIA – The Milbank Memorial Fund and the Reforming State Group have selected state Rep. Nicole Macri to participate in the 2017-18 Emerging Leaders Program. The Fund, established in 1905, designed…
House votes to retain key tool in effort to end homelessness
OLYMPIA – The state House of Representatives gave its OK Thursday (May 25) afternoon to legislation that will provide cities, counties, and the state with tens of millions of dollars…
“The Stranger” Guest Editorial: Don’t Let Statewide Funding for Homelessness Expire
Rep. Nicole Macri WE’RE DAYS AWAY from the end of the 2017 legislative session, and the state legislature has yet to intervene in our statewide homelessness crisis with the positive…