Dear neighbors: Every year I sponsor legislation brought to me by students in our district. This year, several excellent students of Mr. Dawson and Ms. Shoda at Lake Washington High School brought forward a bill to end the “pink tax.” The “pink tax” is not actually a tax. It’s when a company ...
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Dear neighbors: Whether you are a young person interested in serving as a page, a professional interested in government service, or a Washington resident who would like to make a difference, there are many ways to get involved in your Legislature. If you know someone who might be interested in one ...
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Dear neighbors, Serving the people of the 45th District is truly one of the great honors of my lifetime, and I will be continuing to work on the issues that matter to us. For the next few months, though, election year restrictions on official communications kick in. I will not be ...
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Dear neighbors: Would you like to know what issues the Legislature took action on this session? Do you have questions about specific legislation? You’re invited to join your 45th District lawmakers for an in-person town hall on Saturday, April 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This will be our first ...
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Dear neighbors, Each year since I came to the Senate, we have finished on time, with a balanced budget that puts people first. This year was no different. Last Thursday, when we passed the budget and brought the 2022 legislative session to a close, marked the first time since 1899 that ...
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Dear neighbors, It is so important that everyone in our state have access to justice. In recent years, the Washington Supreme Court has been taking great strides to make our court system easier to navigate for people who have limited English proficiency. Now, the Court’s Interpreter Commission is seeking a public member ...
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Dear neighbors, We’re halfway through the 2022 legislative session! Please join all three lawmakers from the 45th District—Rep. Larry Springer, Rep. Roger Goodman and me—for a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24. We will be reporting on major issues before the Legislature and would love to hear ...
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Dear neighbors, Right now, as we build the new 988 behavioral health crisis hotline and the services it will connect with, we have a unique opportunity to improve our behavioral health crisis response system. One of the most important parts of that effort is the work of the Crisis Response ...
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Dear neighbors, In the past legislative session, we made our justice system more responsive to the trauma of survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. We modernized civil protection orders, supported survivors of domestic violence strangulation, and vacated sentences for survivors. But we have much more work to do. We have a ...
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Dear neighbors, Thank you to everyone who joined my third annual small business roundtable yesterday. We heard a terrific presentation from Marie Davis of the Washington Department of Commerce that included many resources for small businesses and entrepreneurs. You can see the presentation on my website here. A few highlights:
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