Unemployment Insurance Reform: Good for businesses, good for workers There are few places where we will have the ability to bolster our state’s social safety net in this biennial budget….
Hunt accepts leadership post with Council of State Governments
Olympia lawmaker will help write future of western legislatures OLYMPIA – State Rep. Sam Hunt’s leadership work is stretching beyond chairing a key committee in the Washington State House of…
Legislation by Rep. Goodman would protect victims of stalkers
Rep. Roger Goodman testifying in favor of House Bill 1180, which would strengthen protections for victims of stalking and harassment.
New law by Rep. Eileen Cody would ban flavored tobacco aimed at kids
OLYMIA — Most people who start smoking do it when they’re underage, and flavored tobacco is aimed directly at kids. That’s why Rep. Eileen Cody (D-West Seattle) wrote legislation to…
2011 Clean Water Jobs Act Introduced in State Legislature (WEC release)
Bill will create thousands of jobs cleaning up toxic runoff pollution OLYMPIA, Wash – Today, Senator Sharon Nelson (Vashon Island) and Representative Timm Ormsby (Spokane) will introduce the 2011 Clean…