Monday Week five kicks off with a hearing on Ranked Choice Voting for local elections (HB 1156) from Rep. Kirsten Harris-Talley (D-Seattle). The bill would allow counties, cities, towns, school…
Capitol Ideas Podcast: Rep. Alex Ramel
Healthy homes and clean buildings. Who could argue with that? Not Rep. Alex Ramel, who’s sponsoring the Healthy Homes and Clean Buildings Act this session. Find out what it’s all…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Rule and Shewmake to Host Telephone Town Hall
WHO: Reps. Alicia Rule and Sharon Shewmake. They will also be joined by public health officials from the Whatcom County Health Department, Director Erika Lautenbach and Communicable Disease and Epidemiology…
Friday, February 5
WA scrambles to avoid mass evictions as moratorium nears end Expanding tenant rights is necessary, said Rep. Nicole Macri, D-Seattle, because current state law is inadequate in the current moment….
PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY: Harris-Talley bill for ranked choice voting in local elections
SEATTLE—Increase representation and voter participation in local elections—that’s the goal of House Bill 1156, introduced by Rep. Kirsten Harris-Talley (D-Seattle) and 26 cosponsors to allow ranked choice voting in some…