2015 Regular Session Ends The legislature adjourned (Sine Die) on April 24th. As you likely have heard, we were unfortunately not able to come to agreement on the budget and…
Rep. Orwall’s e-Newsletter for May 7, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY: Gov signing Walkinshaw heroin overdose medication bill
OLYMPIA – Tomorrow morning the governor will sign Rep. Brady Walkinshaw’s (D – Seattle) bill to make life-saving heroin overdose medication available to first responders, community providers, and family members…
Thursday, May 7
PRINT Associated Press State board approves land transfer Health officials close recreational shellfish harvest Inslee says much work to do before budget deal is reached (Chopp) NSA phone record…
Wednesday, May 6
PRINT Associated Press Lawmakers: Mental health system improved; critics disagree (Jinkins) Report: IRS issues $5.6 billion in bogus education credits With new standardized tests, educators worry about scores Aberdeen…
School District Compensation and Levy Reform
Last week the Appropriations committee held a hearing on the second half of the McCleary decision; the requirement that the state fund adequate compensation, not local taxpayers. The hearing took…