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Senate budget targets schools, behavioral health, housing, climate action
OLYMPIA – Budget leaders in the Washington State Senate introduced a sweeping, $69.2 billion operating budget proposal Thursday to increase funding for vital state services, including targeted support for behavioral health, public ...
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Liias bill to increase access to HIV medication heads to governor’s desk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar. 22, 2023 Press Inquiries | 360.786.7298, erin.hut@leg.wa.gov ...
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Housing Advocates Testify on Senate Capital Budget Proposal
The Senate Ways & Means Committee held its hearing on the Senate ...
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Senate budget proposal would invest $125 million in 38th District
OLYMPIA — The Senate unveiled its capital budget proposal Monday, potentially investing ...
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Rolfes: Senate remains in strong position to deliver significant new investments
OLYMPIA – State Senator Christine Rolfes (D-Bainbridge Island), chair of the Senate ...
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Senate Introduces Capital Budget Proposal with Major Investments in Housing, Higher Education, Environmental Protections, and More
OLYMPIA – Budget leaders in the Washington State Senate proposed a $7.9 ...
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Senate passes Wilson bill to remove unneeded fees hindering childcare workforce applicants
OLYMPIA – The Senate on Tuesday passed Senator Claire Wilson’s (D-Auburn) bill ...
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Senate passes Wilson bill to regulate non-public agencies serving students with disabilities
OLYMPIA – The Senate unanimously passed Sen. Claire Wilson’s (D-Auburn) bill to ...
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Bill to help address health care staffing shortage passes Senate
OLYMPIA — A bill to help address the health care staffing shortage ...
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Senate passes Cleveland bill to remove penalties for retired nurses returning to workforce
OLYMPIA – The Senate took a critical step to address Washington’s healthcare ...
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Cleveland bill looks to recognize nurses’ pandemic trauma as industrial injury
OLYMPIA – Sen. Annette Cleveland’s (D-Vancouver) bill to improve workers’ comp benefits ...
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Billig re-elected Senate Majority Leader; Hasegawa again selected Caucus Chair
Sen. Andy Billig (D-Spokane) was re-elected Senate Majority Leader on Friday, a ...
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BREAKING: Senator Murray Rallies to Protect the Right to Abortion Alongside Washington State Women Leaders
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate ...
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West Seattle Blog: Vietnamese-American community commemorates somber anniversary, shows support for Ukrainians’ freedom-fighting
What the people of Ukraine are fighting is achingly familiar to the ...
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Crosscut: Transit users 18 and younger ride free under new WA program
Washingtonians 18 and under soon won’t have to pay to use public ...
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