Author Archives: aaronw

22 Mar
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Nearly 96 percent of bills passed in 2024 received bipartisan support

A new analysis of nonpartisan data shows that 95.8% of bills passed during the 2024 legislative session did so with bipartisan support. Overall, 365 of the 381 bills that cleared both chambers and arrived on Gov. Inslee’s desk did so ...

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04 Mar
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Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig will not seek re-election

OLYMPIA – Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig (D-Spokane) announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2024. Billig, who was first elected to the Legislature in 2010, will finish his current term and continue to serve as majority leader ...

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03 Mar
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This Week in the Senate – Week 9: SINE DIE

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23 Feb
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This Week in the Senate – Week 8: Initiatives, floor action and two more key deadlines arrive

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17 Feb
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This Week in the Senate – Week 7: More budgets revealed, another deadline arrives and Children’s Day 2024

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16 Feb
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Sen. Billig, Speaker Jinkins: Three initiatives will have hearings, three will not

OLYMPIA – Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig and Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins announced Friday that public hearings will be held on Initiative 2113 (police pursuits), I-2111 (state income tax) and I-2081 (parental rights). The lawmakers also confirmed I-2117, ...

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12 Feb
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Sen. Billig: Initiative’s $5 billion cut would “devastate” early learning, childcare, K-12 in Washington

A Department of Revenue analysis of Initiative 2109 found that its passage would result in the loss of more than $5.6 billion in funding for early learning, childcare and K-12 education programs across Washington by 2029. Senate Majority Leader Andy ...

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11 Feb
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This Week in the Senate – Week 6: Floor wraps up and budgets start to emerge

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04 Feb
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This Week in the Senate – Week 5: Floor kicks into high gear

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28 Jan
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This Week in the Senate – Week 4: Public safety, free school lunches and a major cutoff arrives

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