It’s been an exciting year in the Legislature and wanted to share with you a few policies that effect our community, our kids, and our economy. OUR ECONOMY Bellevue College:…
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A look at our 2016 budgets
Budget Overview In our closing e-newsletter of the 2016 session, I want to share with you a little about the operating and capital budgets and how they work together to…
Statement by Representative Tana Senn Recognizing April 12 as Equal Pay Day
OLYMPIA – Representative Tana Senn (D-Mercer Island), the lead sponsor of Washington State’s equal pay bill, released the following statement today in recognition of Equal Pay Day – which marks…
How did your priorities fare this session?
With special session wrapped up, and the supplemental budget on its way to the Governor’s desk, I want to respond to YOUR questions. Below is a quick update on the…
An Update from the Legislative Session
Today is the final day of the 2016 regular legislative session. However, with agreement on a supplemental budget still in the works, it seems likely that we still have a…
Fairness, funding and families
We’re heading into the home stretch of the 2016 legislative session with each chamber considering bills passed by the other. The heavy lifting around the three budgets (operating, capital and…
Senate budget hurts, House budget invests in Washington’s local government priorities
OLYMPIA – The state House and Senate budgets offer vastly different approaches to the problems facing Washington’s cities, counties and other local governments. Rep. Tana Senn (D-Mercer Island), who chairs…
Rep. Senn’s floor statement on Holocaust
The following remarks were made on February 25, 2016 in support of an amendment to the House Supplemental Operating Budget. Amendment 826 provides $250,000 to Western Washington University for the endowment…
Teachers, traffic, town hall, and more
We are halfway through this year’s legislative session. Bills that have been passed by the House or the Senate now are sent to the other body for consideration. Other bills…
Safer buildings, safer communities through a cooperative approach
OLYMPIA – The organization charged with creating codes to ensure safety of the buildings within which Washingtonians live, work and play would continue operating, under a bill approved by the…