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Creating jobs in creative ways
Creating jobs isn’t just about traditional work-with-your-hands employment on highway projects, school construction or in Puget Sound boatyards – although House Democrats are good at that. It’s also about improving...
2014 session adjourns sine die
The 2014 legislative session ended tonight at 11:50 PM. While much of the great legislation passed by the House met an untimely death in the Senate, there are many good...
Win-win for students, schools is on governor’s desk
Better education for at-risk students, stronger accountability for schools, and increased efficiency for local governments are objectives all wrapped inside successful legislation sponsored by Rep. June Robinson. The measure (House...
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 &...