Our public employees dedicate their lives to helping others. It’s important than when it comes time to help them, we keep our promises. Sen. Steve Conway recently was honored by The Retired Public Employees Council with that organization’s Legislative Champion Award. The recognition is given to lawmakers who protect the retirement security of retired state, county, city, and local government employees. Conway was the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 5350 which provided a one-time 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to PERS 1 and TRS 1 retirees, the only pension systems managed by DRS that do not receive automatic COLAs. The bill received unanimous, bipartisan support on its way to becoming law. “It’s so important to help our retired public employees and teachers keep up ...
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Read MoreAbout Sen. Conway
Having served the 29th District as a State Representative for 18 years, Steve is now the Democratic senator for the Pierce County district that includes South Tacoma, East Lakewood and Parkland.
In addition to serving in a leadership role as the Vice President Pro Tempore, he is a member of the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee and also serves on the Senate Ways & Means and Health & Long Term Care committees.
Read Sen. Conway’s full biography here.
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