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Dear Friends and Neighbors, Thank you for a successful town hall! I want to thank everyone who took time on Saturday to come to the town hall in Renton. We had a great turnout and productive discussion on the state ...
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OLYMPIA – A bill sponsored by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, that will mitigate impacts to parking in Seattle neighborhoods due to light rail installations, passed the Washington State Senate on Wednesday (SB 5343). “I see this as a social justice ...
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Senator Bob Hasegawa speaks against a bill (SB 5899) that would expand predatory lending in Washington. Reforms were passed in 2009 in Washington to restrict some of the loan practices allowable under this bill. These reforms capped the total amount ...
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WHO: Senator Bob Hasegawa, Rep. Zack Hudgins, Rep. Steve Bergquist WHAT: Town Hall Meeting WHERE: King County Regional Communications & Emergency Coordination Center (RCECC) 3511 NE 2nd Street Renton, WA 98056 WHEN: Saturday, March 14th, 1-3 pm OLYMPIA—How can we ...
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OLYMPIA – Today, legislators commemorated the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 – a wartime measure that sent 120,000 Japanese-Americans to concentration camps. A Senate Resolution honoring what is now called the Day of Remembrance, SR 8617, was offered by Sen. ...
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Jan. 29, 2015 OLYMPIA – A bipartisan bill to mitigate parking fees in south Seattle was heard in the Senate Transportation Committee this week, introduced by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Beacon Hill. “Public transportation is important to the infrastructure of our ...
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