OLYMPIA – Military service members in the National Guard or other branches of the Armed Forces often end up in civilian jobs that have irregular or nontraditional work shifts, such…
Category: Press Releases
Middle Class Childcare Bills Pass House
OLYMPIA – Priority legislation from Rep. Kristine Reeves, D-Federal Way, to increase affordability and access to childcare passed the House before cutoff, sending the legislation to the Senate and moving…
Gold Star Families Get Textbook Stipend in Reeves Bill
OLYMPIA – Help with college textbooks is on its way for families of armed forces members lost, or veterans and active duty National Guard members seriously disabled, during their service….
Capital budget funds STEM Classrooms, Senior Center, Weyerhaeuser Conservation in Federal Way
OLYMPIA – Local projects will soon receive state funding, thanks to capital budget negotiators striking an agreement to pass the 2017 construction plan. Representative Kristine Reeves, D-Federal Way, is a…
Reeves Bills Seek to Lower Cost of Childcare
OLYMPIA – Finding solutions to the high cost of childcare has a new ally in state Representative Kristine Reeves, D-Federal Way, who introduced two bills to take on the issue….
Reeves Receives “Legislator of the Year” for Veterans Work
OLYMPIA – State Representative Kristine Reeves (D-Federal Way) was honored this past weekend for work supporting veterans and their families in her role as a state lawmaker. The Washington State…
Federal Way Legislator Kristine Reeves Appointed to Veterans Committee
OLYMPIA – State Representative Kristine Reeves (D-Federal Way) has been appointed to a committee to study military and veterans’ issues that makes recommendations to the Legislature for changes to state…
Reeves: Government shutdown puts thousands of families at risk
OLYMPIA—Senate Republicans introduced a budget that would raise property taxes $5.5 billion across the state and made cuts to social safety programs, such as the Housing and Essential Needs program which keeps…
Governor signs “Wounded Warrior Shared Leave Act” into law
OLYMPIA – New state employees who are uniformed service members, veterans, and their spouses now have access to a newly created shared leave pool thanks to a law signed by…
Rep. Reeves Fights for STEM Classrooms, Senior Center in House Capital Budget
OLYMPIA – House leaders unveiled their construction plan for the state yesterday, which covers community and local government projects requested by state agencies and elected lawmakers. Federal Way projects championed…