Author Archives: aaronw

Dear friends and neighbors,   The 2026 legislative session has just come to a close and there’s a lot to talk about and some really good work that will show up in different ways in our community. I was proud of the votes I took to make it simpler to ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Listen, I know most of the news out there right now is bad. It seems like every time we turn on the TV or open a web browser, some new awful bit of information is waiting ...

The most important work we do in Olympia is to ensure Washington’s 1.1 million students have the resources they need.  However, there are many additional important and worthy programs also in need of state resources — providing health care, building housing, ensuring public safety, safe roads, clean air and water, ...

Dear friends and neighbors, I am deeply focused on my work for you and your family in Olympia, and I don’t often talk about my career before I got involved in politics. But we are in a moment where my ...

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2026 legislative session is underway, and much like last year, it will be dominated by some familiar issues — affordability, passing a sustainable budget, and protecting our state from an increasingly hostile federal government. Affordability ...

Dear friends and neighbors, There are so many issues a legislator must know to do their job successfully.   We are required to be something of a “jack of all trades.” Of course, the second half of that old saying is ...

Dear friends and neighbors, I had the opportunity to tour the Methow Valley in Okanogan County, located in north-central Washington. I was joined by other members of the Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee, and we saw efforts to increase ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Our office has heard from many of you about concerns with the redrawing of the Texas congressional map and what we can do here in Washington to respond. Let me say I am also very troubled ...

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2025 legislative session is nearing the end, and in the next several days, you’ll hear a lot about budgets and taxes and all of the major work being done around public safety, housing, education and ...

Dear friends and neighbors, We’re nearing the end of the 2025 legislative session, but before we cross the finish line, we must pass the state’s three biennial budgets — operating, transportation and capital. I serve as deputy chair of the ...