Nation’s First Comprehensive Youth Prevention and Public Health Regulation of E-Cigarettes to Have Initial Hearing (HB 1645) The nation’s first bill proposing a comprehensive youth prevention and public health protection…
Category: Gerry Pollet
Protecting all students from restraint and isolation
OLYMPIA – The House of Representatives passed House Bill 1240 today to ensure that no child be regularly restrained or forcibly put into isolation at school as a matter of…
Rep. Gerry Pollet’s statement on the Senate Republican’s Higher Education proposal
“Washington families deserve a higher education system that provides each and every student the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential without breaking the bank to do so. That is why…
Seattle Legislator proposes to open meetings of Seattle Zoo Board and similar public private entities
When the Seattle Zoo’s board met to decide the fate of its elephants, it refused to let news reporters and the public observe its discussion and vote. Rep. Gerry Pollet…
Coalition of groups, Rep. Gerry Pollet praise WWU president’s call for increasing diversity at public higher education institutions
A coalition of multicultural-awareness groups and state Rep. Gerry Pollet, vice-chair of the House Higher Education Committee, today offered praise for Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard’s recent call to…
House measure to address lower class sizes will alleviate severe overcrowding
Bipartisan school-construction legislation introduced in the state House of Representatives today will go a long way toward relieving severe overcrowding in Seattle schools, and meet our obligations to provide lower…
Seattle schools: Bipartisan House design to address lower class sizes will alleviate severe Seattle-schools overcrowding
Bipartisan school-construction legislation introduced in the state House of Representatives today will go a long way toward relieving severe overcrowding in Seattle schools, and meet our obligations to provide lower…
Opportunity for higher education for all citizens
Fair’s fair. All Washington residents willing to work for a good education should have a fair and equal opportunity to earn it — regardless of their income, race, ethnicity, or…
46th District Tele-Town Hall meeting Feb. 25
MEDIA ADVISORY FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 Who: State Rep. Gerry Pollet, state Rep. Jessyn Farrell, and state Sen. David Frockt — 46th Legislative District Democratic…
ADVISORY: First meeting of the Open Government Caucus
MEDIA ADVISORY FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday morning, Feb. 3, 2014 Who: State Rep. Brad Hawkins, R-East Wenatchee (12th Legislative District), and state Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle (46th Legislative…