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Operating budget agreement reached on time
Today’s statement from House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan on the 2014 operating budget agreement: “This is a very good supplemental budget that makes additional investments in our schools, provides a...
Thank you House Pages!
Another regular session comes to a close today. A big thanks to all of our House and Senate pages who spent a week at their state capitol serving the people...
Protecting our kids from a “healthy glow”
Did you know that skin cancer is the most common kind of cancer? According to the American Cancer Society, almost half of cancer diagnoses in the United States are a...
Funding education with closed tax loopholes (Part 3 of 4)
The House supplemental budget proposal included a package of education investments that will bring the state closer to meeting its McCleary education goals, drawing funds from the closure of four...
What is a “Road User Charge?”
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed a supplemental transportation budget with strong bipartisan support. It was a no new taxes budget that continued funding for a number of...
Lights out? Just the mercury ones
The switch is on. It’s been a long, winding, and often dark and stormy road to building an effective recycling program for old mercury light bulbs, but one enlightened Washington...
We can do better…
The Advance has recently highlighted many of Washington’s more remarkable successes. And while we should all celebrate those achievements, there are always opportunities for improvement. According to the Bill &...
Restoring opportunity for all Washington’s children
Imagine you are 16 years old… It’s summertime, it’s late, and you are hanging out with your friends at a park. One of them breaks out a bottle of vodka...
Prioritizing mental health, preventing tragedies
On July 5, 2013, Doug and Nancy Reuter received the most heartbreaking news of their lives: their 28-year-old son, Joel, was dead. Joel had struggled with bi-polar disorder since 2004...
Blue state? Maybe — but we’re making lots of red wine!
2013 was a year of firsts for the Washington state wine industry: It was the first year that wine-grape production from the state’s vineyards exceeded 200,000 tons. The total of...