Press Releases

• Reeves Childcare Law Signed by Governor | March 19, 2018

  OLYMPIA – Increasing the affordability and accessibility to childcare has been a top priority for Representative Kristine Reeves, D-Federal Way, in the 2018 Legislative Session. Today, Governor Inslee signed a… READ MORE

• First Responder Military Leave Fix Passes Legislature | March 7, 2018

  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… READ MORE

• Middle Class Childcare Bills Pass House | February 12, 2018

  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… READ MORE

• Gold Star Families Get Textbook Stipend in Reeves Bill | February 9, 2018

  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…. READ MORE

• Capital budget funds STEM Classrooms, Senior Center, Weyerhaeuser Conservation in Federal Way | January 22, 2018

  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… READ MORE

• Reeves Bills Seek to Lower Cost of Childcare | January 18, 2018

  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…. READ MORE

• Reeves Receives “Legislator of the Year” for Veterans Work | November 13, 2017

  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… READ MORE

• Federal Way Legislator Kristine Reeves Appointed to Veterans Committee | July 18, 2017

  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… READ MORE

• Reeves: Government shutdown puts thousands of families at risk | June 26, 2017

  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… READ MORE

• Governor signs “Wounded Warrior Shared Leave Act” into law | May 9, 2017

  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… READ MORE