Lawmakers in Olympia are considering legislation to level the playing field for hospital patients throughout the state. SIMMONS: “Two point two million Washingtonians, the constituents, the people that we are…
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The legislative session is rolling along. This week is the house of origin policy committee cutoff week. With over 2,000 bills introduced in the House, we…
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Last week the 2022 legislative session started! In this 60-day short session we will pass supplemental operating, capital, and transportation budgets and continue to work on…
OLYMPIA – Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-East Bremerton) was named the 2021 Legislator of the Year by the Washington chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Each year NAMI…
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Over the last couple of months, our ferry system has experience unprecedented service disruptions and far too many canceled sailings. Coming from a part of the…
OLYMPIA – Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-East Bremerton) was named a 2021 Behavioral Health Champion by the Washington branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Each year NAMI Washington…
“A giant step for civil rights” OLYMPIA – In a remote ceremony required by COVID-19 safety measures, Gov. Jay Inslee today signed House Bill 1078, a measure sponsored by Rep….
OLYMPIA – The House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations on Thursday took a significant step toward automatically restoring the right to vote to formerly incarcerated citizens no longer…
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Today I did something that for a long time I would not have thought possible. At noon Monday, January 11, 2021, I was privileged and humbled…
