Para leer en español, favor de ver más abajo OLYMPIA – Today, Washington State legislators from the Members of Color Caucus are sounding the alarm and standing united against President Trump’s dangerous escalation of immigration enforcement. The reported deployment of ...
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Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen (D-Seattle) and Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) issued the statement below Friday: “President Trump’s assertion that he can federalize the national guard without gubernatorial approval is deeply disturbing, and as we saw in ...
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OLYMPIA — Senate Housing Committee Chair Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia) hailed the 2025 legislative session as one that made significant progress for housing affordability. “We came into this session with a three-pronged housing strategy — expand our housing supply, support homeownership ...
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OLYMPIA — The Legislature passed a $77.1 billion operating budget Sunday that protects essential services while significantly boosting support for K-12 education. The budget includes both targeted reductions and new revenue streams to responsibly address the state budget deficit. It ...
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OLYMPIA — A revised version of rent stabilization legislation, House Bill 1217, was proposed by a conference committee of House and Senate members Thursday. The bill could potentially be voted on as soon as Friday evening. The proposed compromise would ...
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Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen on the sudden passing of Sen. Bill Ramos (D-Issaquah): “Bill’s passing is a devastating loss for our caucus and for our state. He was a dedicated public servant who spent his life working to make ...
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House and Senate Democratic budget leaders released an updated legislative package to raise new progressive revenue and fund K-12 education and essential state services this week. It would raise nearly $12 billion over four years. “We’ve updated our proposal to ...
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The Washington State Senate Members of Color Caucus (MOCC) released the following statement Thursday: “The Washington State Senate MOCC recognizes that the recent ICE raids in Washington state have struck at the heart of our communities. These raids don’t just ...
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OLYMPIA — The 2025-27 bipartisan transportation package passed the Senate Saturday. The bipartisan package, which includes a spending plan, revenue bill, and bond bill, closes the $1 billion shortfall in the state’s budget for the 2025-27 biennium and commits funding ...
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OLYMPIA — The Senate approved a $78.5 billion operating budget plan Saturday that protects essential services while putting Washington on a stronger financial footing. The proposal, which passed with a 28-21 vote, includes both targeted reductions and new revenue streams to address ...
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