Legislative News from Representative Eric Pettigrew February 15, 2016 Remembering black Civil War veterans in Washington OLYMPIA – A memorial requesting that State Route 99 be designated as “William P….
House passes first-in-nation measure to protect students from excesses of for-profit colleges.

OLYMPIA – Thousands of students in Washington and across the country have incurred massive student loan debts and been defrauded by for-profit colleges and universities using deceptive marketing practices. Today…
Upcoming telephone town hall and news from Olympia
Join me for a telephone town hall on February 18th from 6:30-7:30 pm. Under the telephone town hall format, thousands of constituents will receive automatically generated telephone calls to their…
Focus on education, mental health care

Hello! We’re halfway through the “short session” and House Democrats have sent quite a few bills over to the Senate for their consideration, including several bills I sponsored focusing on…
Monday, February 15
Print Associated Press Yakima police chief says pot sales would increase crime Homeless youth on the rise, with state funding in question (Frockt) Bill would give Centralia coal-fired plant a…