Hello friends and neighbors, Join us this weekend for a 36th District Town Hall! Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Representative Reuven Carlyle, and I will be unpacking the final state budget and…
The Education Budget
I’m pleased to report that we were able to add just over a billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in new money to education funding in Washington, or about a 12% increase. This…
Water champion vows renewed focus on healthy ecosystem
Make no mistake: State Rep. John McCoy is no stranger to water wrangles. McCoy is already vice chair of the House Environment Committee and he’s dealt with all of the…
Rep. Reykdal’s end-of-session wrap-up
I’ve been soul searching for weeks following one of the most challenging sessions in memory. My cathartic need is to share with you the back story leading up to the…
New faces – 64,600 of them
The Evergreen State’s population is on the rise, and so is the rate at which it’s growing. New figures from the Office of Financial Management put the April 2013 population…