State legislatures typically meet for a relatively short period of time each year and consequently are very deadline driven. Congress works on things until they are ready to be brought…
Week 8 Update: Passing the state Voting Rights Act, strengthening families and the middle class
Washington Voting Rights Act clears the House 50 years after Martin Luther King’s march from Selma to Montgomery, and 50 years after passage of the federal Voting Rights Act, there…
Appleton’s Silver Alert bill approved by House
OLYMPIA – “This bill will save lives.” That’s how a colleague of Rep. Sherry Appleton (D-23rd district, Poulsbo) summed up House Bill 1021, one of Appleton’s priority bills for the 2015…
Making Washington a fair and healthy place to live
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The next 36th Legislative District town hall will take place on Saturday, March 14th from 10 a.m.- noon at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, Community Room in…
House passes bill to uphold religious rights and protect the homeless
OLYMPIA – Today, in 56-42 vote, the House passed HB 2086, sponsored by Rep. Joan McBride, D-Kirkland, regarding religious organizations and homeless encampments. “At its core, this is a religious…