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OLYMPIA – A bill designed to expand access to broadband services in rural communities throughout the state was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Energy, Environment and Technology Committee. Senate Bill 5935, sponsored by Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, creates a new state Office on Broadband Access, launches an advisory group and directs it to identify barriers and opportunities for superfast ...

OLYMPIA – Lawmakers in Olympia passed a long-overdue $4.2 billion capital budget last night, funding vital infrastructure projects around the state like public schools, colleges and universities, parks, and environmental projects. This budget includes a record $1 billion for public schools, which will help the state’s 295 local school districts achieve the state’s K-3 class size reduction goals. Lawmakers from the 36th ...

Who: State Sen. Reuven Carlyle, State Rep. Gael Tarleton, and State Rep. Noel Frame (36th Legislative District) What: Town hall meeting When: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Saturday, January 6

OLYMPIA – Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, will serve as chair on the Energy, Environment & Technology Committee (EET) in the Washington state Senate. Seizing a one-seat majority after a special election victory in Washington’s 45^th Legislative District, Senate Democrats will now set the agenda for policy committees and floor voting. Following a year of limited action on pressing environmental issues, the ...

OLYMPIA – A package of bills passed by the Legislature will expand opportunity, protections and support for homeless and foster care youth. Each of the bills, from those designed to facilitate on-time high school graduation (HB 1444) and greater housing stability (SHB 1867) to those reducing barriers to obtain identification cards (SB 5382) and car insurance (Read More

Senate budget includes $20.1M for Seattle Schools as House negotiations begin OLYMPIA – In addition to nearly $1.1 billion for school construction statewide, Seattle Public Schools would receive a special allocation of $20.1 million dollars for school construction projects in the 2017 capital budget passed by the Washington State Senate, according to Sen. Reuven Carlyle. “As Seattle grows, thousands of additional kids ...

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate passed a major bill to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions in local levy dollars currently funding schools. Addressing Senate Bill 5023, extending Washington state’s impending “levy cliff,” Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, released the following statement: “I am thankful that our colleagues heeded the call of countless parents, teachers, and school administrators to ...

Seattle Public Schools is facing a $74 million budget shortfall and may be forced to increase class sizes, cut special programming and disrupt staffing as described in a letter sent out from the district. “I am so sad that we haven’t been able to fix the levy cliff in time to prevent these changes from being enacted,” said Rep. Gael ...

Who: State Sen. Reuven Carlyle, State Rep. Gael Tarleton, and State Rep. Noel Frame (36th Legislative District) What: Town hall meeting When: 11:00 AM -  12:30 PM Saturday, March 11th Where: Leif Erikson Lodge 2245 NW 57^th St. Seattle, WA 98107 Why: To meet with constituents to discuss issues and answer their questions about the current legislative session.

Sen. Reuven Carlyle, Rep. Gael Tarleton, and Rep. Noel Frame celebrated the passage of a measure on the floor of the House that will name a new capitol campus building after beloved former 36^th District Rep. Helen Sommers. “It is a profound honor to have directly succeeded Helen’s 36 years of service in Olympia and I could not ...