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Update from the 45th District town hall

Update from the 45th District town hall

Dear neighbors: Thank you to everyone who came out to the town hall this weekend, and to Lake Washington Tech for hosting. Rep. Roger Goodman and I were glad to see everyone in person, and Rep. Larry Springer was able to join us remotely despite having Covid. If you weren’t able to ...

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Join us for a town hall Feb. 17!

Join us for a town hall Feb. 17!

Dear neighbors: Every year, Rep. Larry Springer, Rep. Roger Goodman, and I hold an in-person town hall during the legislative session where we give an update on our work in Olympia and answer questions from constituents. I would like to invite you to join us for the town hall this year. ...

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Students and doctors work together to Stop the Bleed

Students and doctors work together to Stop the Bleed

Dear neighbors: Every year, I sponsor legislation brought to me by students in our district. In 2020 a group of students from Eastlake High School in Sammamish brought forward a terrific bill to help keep students safe in the event of accidents. The bill they proposed would provide bleeding control kits in schools ...

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Defending the right to choose

Defending the right to choose

Dear neighbors: This Monday marked what would have been the 51st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that protected the right to abortion across the country. Notably, three years before that landmark decision, the people of Washington state passed a referendum legalizing abortion, beginning our tradition of being ...

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Join us for a telephone town hall

Join us for a telephone town hall

Dear neighbors: Would you like to hear about the issues we are working on in the Legislature this year? Do you have questions about particular bills? You’re invited to join your 45th District lawmakers — Rep. Larry Springer, Rep. Roger Goodman, and me — for a telephone town hall on Tuesday, ...

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Off to a running start in the legislative session

Off to a running start in the legislative session

 Dear neighbors: We are just over a week into the session, and it has already been an eventful one. As Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate, I took questions from the media on our caucus's priorities this year. In the Law & Justice Committee, which I chair, we have ...

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Calling young people to be Senate pages!

Calling young people to be Senate pages!

Dear neighbors: Do you know a young person who wants to learn more about what goes on in their state government? The Washington State Senate has one of the best page programs in the country, and applications for 2024 are open! This exciting program allows young Washingtonians to get a closer look ...

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Prioritizing behavioral health

Prioritizing behavioral health

Dear neighbors: With the rollout of our state’s new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which responds to behavioral health crises with expert help and support, Washington is becoming a national model for behavioral health crisis intervention. And this year, I’m proud to say the Legislature stepped up to fulfill that promise ...

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Building affordable housing

Building affordable housing

Dear neighbors: Housing costs have skyrocketed, not just here on the Eastside, but around the state. As we all know, our district is seeing the effect of higher home prices, with older neighbors on fixed incomes as well as young families being priced out. One of our top legislative priorities this year ...

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Protecting the right to choose — and increasing access to care

Protecting the right to choose — and increasing access to care

Dear neighbors: “The state may not deny or interfere with a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or to protect her life or health.” Those are the unequivocal words of an initiative passed by the people of this state more than 30 years ago ...

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