Standing Up for Government Transparency and Toll Payers There has been a lot of media coverage over the Legislative Public Records Act that provided very limited disclosure of state lawmaker’s…
Keeping promises and problem solving
Keeping our promise to kids It should come to you as no surprise that my #1 priority in coming to Olympia was to get our K-12 education system fully-funded so…
Transparency and the veto of Senate Bill 6617
My statement on the veto of Senate Bill 6617 Friends & Constituents, I am sorry. I’ve heard you loud and clear that Senate Bill 6617 should not stand. You were…
My statement on transparency and Senate Bill 6617
Transparency and Senate Bill 6617 Thank you to those who reached out to engage with me on the issue of public records. Overwhelmingly, people expressed concern about the lack of…
Bill ensuring every kindergartner through second grader is screened for reading obstacles that are indicators of dyslexia passes legislature
OLYMPIA – One in five students have difficulty learning to read or see numbers due to dyslexia Dyslexia is a learning disability that causes learning difficulties in reading, writing, and…