OLYMPIA – The Washington House took major steps to address an increasingly dangerous wildfire season this week as Rep. Larry Springer’s HB 1578 passed unanimously through the House of Representatives. …
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2022 Legislative Session Newsletter
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An Update from the 2022 Legislative Session
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This year’s 60-day legislative session just passed the halfway mark. We passed a major deadline – house of origin cutoff, the time by which all non-budget…
State House OK’s long-term plan to prevent and fight wildfires
OLYMPIA — In the 1990s, Washington lost 86,000 acres a year to wildfires. By 2015 the average had climbed to nearly a half million acres a year. Last year? 812,000…
Kirkland Rep. Larry Springer retains leadership role in Democratic House majority
OLYMPIA — Kirkland state Rep. Larry Springer will once again serve as Deputy Majority Leader in the Washington state House of Representatives during the 2019-20 term. Springer, a Kirkland Democrat,…
State capital budget to pump millions into 45th-district economy
The state capital budget OK’d by the Legislature late Thursday night will pay for more than $7 million in construction and renovation projects in the 45th district, which includes Woodinville…
Billions in new schools, colleges and parks are at stake
Should Washington allocate $1 billion for new public school construction and $800 million for colleges and universities, or should we put all those construction projects on hold? That seems like…
Washington’s schoolkids to benefit from nursing supervision bill
OLYMPIA – Improving the health of Washington’s schoolchildren was the driving concern behind the state House’s approval today of legislation concerning the supervision of school nurses. HB 1790, sponsored by…
Listen to the 45th District Telephone Town Hall
Last week Representatives Goodman and Springer hosted the State Legislature’s first telephone town hall of the year. Under the format, thousands of constituents received a phone call just after 6pm…
Wine, public policy and jobs – a trifecta!
If there are two things State Representative Larry Springer knows, it’s good wine and good public policy. And he knows that in order to make good wine, or good beer…