TAMI GREEN February 22nd, 2011 As we continue to manage the fallout of a worldwide recession, my colleagues and I in Olympia are doing our best to act quickly and…
Rep. Stanford’s e-memo – Feb 21, 2011
February 21, 2011 Dear Neighbors, This session of the legislature has now moved through committee cutoff dates, which means that hundreds of bills which did not make it out of…
Tax breaks need scrutiny
The following is a guest editorial by Rep. Andy Billig that was published in the Spokesman Review on 2/19/2011 For someone who has spent the past 18 years running the…
Seattle Times endorses Dickerson proposal to legalize and regulate cannabis
OLYMPIA—The Seattle Times, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Washington and the Pacific Northwest, has endorsed Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson’s proposal to legalize and regulate the production, distribution and…
Rep. Sells’ e-memo – Feb 18, 2011
February 18, 2011 Message from Rep. Sells Thursday, February 17, was the last day a bill that originated in the House of Representatives could be passed out of a House…