Author Archives: aaronw

30 Jun
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Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig calls on Rep. Walsh to apologize and “educate himself about the history of the Holocaust and Jim Crow laws”

Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig released the statement below Wednesday in response to Republican Rep. Jim Walsh’s comparison of Washington’s COVID public health rules to the Nazi persecution of Jews and a Supreme Court ruling that upheld Jim Crow laws: ...

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23 Jun
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Sens. Billig and Van De Wege react to the passing of former Senator Mark Doumit

Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig and Chair of the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee Sen. Kevin Van De Wege issued the statements below following the passing of former Senator and Representative Mark Doumit. Doumit represented the 19th Legislative ...

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25 Apr
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Billig: “The 2021 legislative session saw the end of incremental change and the beginning of a fundamental transformation”

“When we began this session 105 days ago, we had a choice.  We could come in to do the minimum and get out of town. Instead, we chose to rise to the moment as a Legislature and as a state ...

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16 Apr
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This Week In The Senate – Week 15: SINE DIE

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15 Apr
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Senate passes bill to address Supreme Court’s Blake decision

Washington would re-establish a statewide legal framework pertaining to controlled substances and expanding behavioral health treatment options, under a bill passed today by the Senate. In a Feb. 25 decision in the case of State v. Blake, the Washington State ...

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11 Apr
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This Week In The Senate – Week 14: Forward Washington, floor action and just two weeks left

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03 Apr
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This Week In The Senate – Week 13: Floor action intensifies, Blake Decision response and an important cutoff

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26 Mar
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This Week In The Senate – Week 12: Budgets, floor action and a crucial cutoff

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21 Mar
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This Week In The Senate – Week 11: Another key cutoff and budgets are unveiled

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12 Mar
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This Week In The Senate – Week 10: Working Families Tax Credit, Police Accountability and Billy Frank Jr.

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