Who: State Sen. Andy Billig, Rep. Timm Ormsby and Rep. Marcus Riccelli What: Town hall meeting When: Saturday, March 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Where: Washington Cracker Factory/Terrain, 304 W Pacific Ave, Spokane Why: This is an opportunity ...
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Last Friday marked what is known around here as policy cutoff day. It is one of the first hurdles in the lifecycle of a bill becoming a law. At this point, any policy bill (non-budget related) that hasn’t been voted ...
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Tele-Town Hall Last week, my seatmates and I hosted a tele-town hall. I hope you were able to participate and found the event to be informative. If you were not able to tune in, you can listen to the event ...
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Olympia – Sen. Andy Billig’s, D-Spokane, Senate Bill 5570 that would prevent foreign-owned companies from contributing to political campaigns in Washington state will receive a public hearing in the Senate State Government Committee on Feb. 8 at 8 a.m. “We ...
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We are now in the third week of this 105-day legislative session. In the Senate alone, there have already been over 300 new bills introduced since the beginning of session and many more are expected to be filed in the ...
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Olympia – Transparency and accountability are at the heart of campaign finance legislation introduced today by Sen. Andy Billig, D-Spokane. Senate Bill 5108 would help curb the practice of moving money from one political action committee (PAC) to another for ...
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Olympia- More than a mile of elevated train tracks run through the heart of downtown Spokane, and travelling on those tracks are trains hauling oil cars loaded with highly volatile Bakken crude oil. Sen. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, believes hauling oil ...
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Today marks the beginning of the 2017 legislative session and I am excited to get back to work. Throughout session, I will be sending newsletters like this one to keep you up to date on the issues we are tackling ...
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OLYMPIA – Sen. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, will retain his role as the deputy leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus when the Washington State Senate convenes in 2017. Billig was unanimously re-elected by his colleagues at today’s Senate Democratic Caucus reorganization ...
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SPOKANE – The following is a joint statement from State Senator Andy Billig and Representatives Timm Ormsby and Marcus Riccelli: “Today it was reported that the Martin Luther King Center was vandalized with a racial slur. We are outraged that ...
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