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Senn hails passage of legislation banning bump stocks
OLYMPIA—Earlier today, the House of Representatives approved legislation to ban bump-fire stocks. Senate Bill 5992, sponsored by Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, passed the House on a bipartisan vote...
Statement by Rep. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, on today’s official publication in the Federal Register of the Federal Communications Commission’s reversal of net neutrality rules
“Today the FCC took the official step of publishing in the Federal Register its decision to repeal net neutrality rules. Doing so continues to move this bad decision forward at...
Tharinger: Capital budget invests in schools, rural broadband and mental health
OLYMPIA—The chair of the House Capital Budget Committee released changes (House Bill 2395) to the two-year construction budget that would invest more in public school construction, access to broadband internet...
House Democratic budget includes $1 billion in property tax relief; funding increases for public schools, mental health services, financial aid.
OLYMPIA – House Democrats unveiled their supplemental two-year operating budget proposal today, which would increase funding for public schools, mental health services, college financial aid and provide $1 billion in...
House budget proposal includes major wins for higher education
OLYMPIA – The state funding backlog for a program providing college financial aid to students from families with low incomes is on track to be fully eliminated under the budget...
Clibborn: House Transportation budget invests in future
OLYMPIA—Under the proposed House Transportation budget (House Bill 2469), the Alaska Way Viaduct Tunnel could be open as early as fall of 2018, there’d be funding for a new class...
MEDIA ADVISORY: 34th District representatives holding telephone town hall tomorrow
Who: The state representatives from the 34th Legislative District, Rep. Eileen Cody and Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon What: Telephone town hall meeting When: 6:00 – 7:00 PM on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Where: Calls...
MEDIA ADVISORY – 49th Legislative District Telephone Town Hall TOMORROW
Who: Sen. Annette Cleveland, Rep. Monica Stonier & Rep. Sharon Wylie – The 49th Legislative District legislators representing part of Clark County including part of Vancouver What: 49th legislative district...
House passes Senn legislation on children’s mental health
OLYMPIA—Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed legislation to improve access to mental health services for children and youth on a strong, bipartisan vote of 84-14. House Bill 2779,...
House passes Fitzgibbon climate bill updating emissions reduction targets
A bill amending the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets to align with the latest climate science cleared the House this afternoon, just ahead of the Legislature’s House of Origin cutoff...