Dear friends and neighbors, I hope you’ve been having a great June! We’ve had a chance to catch our breath after the 2023 legislative session, review what happened, and start working toward 2024. I’m excited about what we accomplished and ...
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Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), Rep. Liz Berry (D-Seattle), and Rep. Julia Reed (D-Seattle), all voted today to pass an amended version of SB 5536, legislation to address substance use disorder by increasing the availability of treatment. Berry and Reed both ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, The 2023 legislative session has adjourned, and I wanted to send you an update on some of the major issues of session and our state budgets. Funding education is a subject we heard a lot about ...
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Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation into law today to support rural economic development. SB 5229, sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), expands the range of economic development projects that can be funded by the state’s Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB), ...
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Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law legislation sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) to protect the residents of manufactured home parks from displacement. SB 5198 would require two years’ notice before the closure of a manufactured home park and ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, It’s budget season at the Legislature! Both the House and Senate have proposed versions of the three budgets that we pass every year – operating, transportation, and capital. What do all three budgets entail, and what’s ...
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Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) offered the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the capital gains excise tax: “I’m encouraged by this ruling, but our work on reforming our tax system so the wealthiest few pay what they owe ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, I wanted to thank you for the strong show of support at our hearing on the Washington State Wealth Tax. I asked you to step up and demonstrate the public wants to fix our upside-down tax ...
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OLYMPIA — More than 2,600 people signed in to support the Washington State Wealth Tax proposal during a Senate Ways & Means Committee hearing on Thursday. The legislation, SB 5486, would create a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme wealth ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, I wanted to update you on the Washington State Wealth Tax hearing this Thursday. We’ve already had more than 1,200 people sign up to support the bill in committee – that’s an excellent show of support, ...
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