MEDIA ADVISORY: 37th Legislative District Virtual Town Hall TOMORROW
VER ABAJO PARA LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL State Legislators Sen. Rebecca Saldaña and Reps. Sharon Tomiko Santos and Kirsten Harris-Talley will host a virtual town hall to discuss their legislative...
Banning private prisons (HB 1090)
Immigrants and refugees should not face imprisonment in punishment for seeking asylum or a better life for their children. In the early 1970s, under Republican Governor Dan Evans, Washington state...
Santos bill defending rights of religious organizations to provide homeless accommodations becomes law
OLYMPIA – On Tuesday, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Substitute House Bill 1754, which upholds and protects the civil right of religious organizations to host people experiencing homelessness. Local...
Legislature observes annual Day of Remembrance
OLYMPIA – February 19, 2020 marked the 78th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 which authorized the forcible removal and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps along...
House passes bill to defend rights of religious organizations to host people experiencing homelessness
OLYMPIA – On Monday, the Washington State House of Representatives passed Substitute House Bill 1754, upholding protections for religious exercise in addressing homelessness. Current federal law protects religious organizations from...