Upcoming TownHallS
Tues., May 15 at 5:30 p.m.
La Conner High School Library
502 North 6th Street
La Conner, WA 98257
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Wed., May 30 at 2-3:30 p.m.
South Whidbey Senior Center
Fireside Room
14594 State Route 525
Langley, WA 98260
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Wed., May 30 at 6:30-8 p.m.
Oak Harbor Senior Center
Multipurpose Room
51 SE Jerome Street
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
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Thurs., May 31 at 2-3:30 p.m.
WSU Extension Center
Sakuma Auditorium
16650 State Route 536
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
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Thurs., May 31 at 6-7:30
Stanwood Comm. and Sr. Center
Social Room
7430 276th Street NW
Stanwood, WA 98292
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Committees
- Transportation (Chair)
- Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development
- Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance
- Rules
Olympia Office
305 Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA 98504-0410
(360) 786-7618
District Office
1091 SE Dock St. #4
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Phone: (360) 682-6274
Fax: (360) 682-6726
Local Governments
- Island County
- City of Mt. Vernon
- City of Oak Harbor
- City of Burlington
- Town of Coupeville
- City of Anacortes
- Town of La Conner
- City of Langley
- Snohomish County
- Skagit County
- Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
News
Sen. Haugen’s enewsletter 5/10/2012 5/10/2012
Town hall meetings kick off next Tuesday 5/9/2012
In addition to four town hall meetings scheduled for the last week of this month, Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen has been invited to speak to the La Conner Chamber of Commerce on May 15.
The Chamber meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. at the La Conner High School library at 502 North 6th St. The event is open to anyone who is interested in attending.
Sen. Haugen’s enewsletter 5/4/2012 5/4/2012
Sen. Haugen's enewsletter 4/27/2012 4/27/2012
Sen. Haugen’s enewsletter 4/20/12 4/20/2012
Haugen finds way to give homes access to water 4/6/2012
Prospective homeowners in rural areas of the Skagit River Basin not served by public water systems could gain access to well water by December or sooner under funding secured by Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island.
Haugen, who worked for months to develop an agreement between homeowners, tribes, local and state governments and other stakeholders, originally sought to address the homeowners’ frustration by sponsoring Senate Bill 6312. That measure would have allowed new homes with on-site septic systems to withdraw 350 gallons of well water a day, but the bill died when the governor threatened to veto it and additional efforts to modify it proved unfruitful.
Haugen farm preservation bills signed into law 3/30/2012
Two bills to help protect and preserve farmlands prime sponsored by Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, were signed into law today by Gov. Christine Gregoire.
The first bill, Senate Bill 5343, gives operators of anaerobic digesters — energy plants that take dairy farms’ animal waste and transform it into energy — more time to find ways to reduce sulfur emissions.
Specialty plate will benefit Meerkerk Gardens 3/23/2012
A specialty license plate honoring the rhododendron as the state flower will create a stable revenue stream for the Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens on Whidbey Island and other garden associations around the state, thanks to legislation signed into law today by Gov. Chris Gregoire.
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, amended House Bill 2299 to establish a State Flower Account to dispense all proceeds from the sale of the specialty plates above and beyond the start-up costs for the program. Similar specialty plates sponsored by Haugen in the past raise money for lighthouses, firefighter training and other valuable causes. HB 2299 originally created a specialty license plate for 4-H clubs; Haugen’s amendment broadened it to include the rhododendron plate.
Sen. Haugen's enewsletter 3/14/2012 3/14/2012
Good day,
I’d hoped to tell you in this e-newsletter that we’d completed the people’s business on time and that the Legislature had balanced the budget and adjourned for the year. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. We are back for a special legislative session, as a result of some disappointing maneuvers on the Senate floor that derailed weeks and months of budget negotiations.
VIDEO - Haugen speaks on bipartisanship 3/3/2012
During Senate floor debate early Saturday morning, Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen questioned the process surrounding the Senate's passage of an operating budget without a public hearing or even public notice.
