Dear Friends and Family, As we welcome the new year, may we cherish the lessons of yesterday and step into tomorrow with kindness, open hearts and minds, and togetherness. A…
Category: Clyde Shavers
Better Health Care & Addressing Artificial Intelligence
Dear Friends and Family, As we prepare for the 2024 legislative session, I have been busy working on numerous policies, meeting with community members, and looking for ways to fund…
Environmental Protection & Supporting Military Families and Veterans
Dear Friends and Family, As I revisit every part of our district, I’ve been meeting one-on-one with community members over coffee. Your thoughts and experiences are critical to ensuring that…
Session recap: lowering property taxes for veterans, defending reproductive rights and protecting the environment
Dear friends and neighbors, These past few weeks have been busy meeting with people and working on bills for next year! We finalized our wrap-up of the 2023 legislative session…
Legislative Wrap-Up & Upcoming Town Hall
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Sunday marked the last day of the 2023 legislative session! Over the last 105 days, the legislature has passed a near record number of bills, with…
Week 13: Proposed State Budgets Are Live, Bills Passed in the Senate, & More!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The final stretch of the legislative session is here. In the next four weeks, the legislature will finalize the state’s capital, operating, and transportation budgets, finish…
Freshman Legislator Clyde Shavers Passes Two Bills to Governor
OLYMPIA – Last Wednesday marked Senate passage of two important pieces of legislation, House Bill 1458 and House Bill 1499, for freshman Rep. Clyde Shavers’, D-Oak Harbor. HB 1458 establishes…
Proposed House budgets include important investments for Island, Skagit, and Snohomish counties.
OLYMPIA – In this year’s proposed House Capital, Transportation, and Operating budgets, include investments in early education, affordable housing, flood mitigation, and housing assistance. The budget includes a dike northwest…
Week 10: Legislative Update & Important Funding for our Community
Dear friends, March 8th marked the House of Origin Cutoff in Olympia, which means we’ve crossed the deadline for most bills to pass either the House or the Senate. The…
You’re Invited: Two Upcoming Community Town Halls on March 11th
Friends and neighbors, I want to invite you to my two upcoming community town halls this Saturday, March 11th. We will discuss issues still in consideration after today’s House of Origin…