OLYMPIA – On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, mandating the internment of all Americans of Japanese descent – more than 120,000. State lawmakers offered resolutions to mark the 75th Anniversary of the signing of ...
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As many of you know, I have long advocated for the creation of a state bank. Called the Washington Investment Trust, this bank would be a depository for Washington’s tax revenues so we could provide banking and lending services to ...
Read MoreSen. Hasegawa speaks about education equity and the importance of keeping kids and families at the heart of policies. !(function(src,cb){var s=document.createElement(‘script’);s.src=src;s.async=true;if(s.readyState){s.onreadystatechange=function(){if(s.readyState==’loaded’||s.readyState==’complete’){s.onreadystatechange=null;cb();}};}else{s.onload=function(){cb();};}document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(s);})(‘//mediaplayer.invintusmedia.com/app.js’,function(){Invintus.launch({“clientID”:”9375922947″,”eventID”:”2017021012″,”startStreamAt”:4206,”stopStreamAt”:4430,”simple”:”true”});});
Read MoreOLYMPIA – A bill to create the Washington Investment Trust, a publicly-owned depository for our tax revenue, was introduced to the Legislature this week by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle. “The Washington Investment Trust will keep taxpayer dollars in our state ...
Read MoreSen. Hasegawa spoke on Martin Luther King Jr. Day about racial injustice, Black Lives Matter and other movements to raise awareness about racial equity and how we still look to Dr. King for guidance.
Read MoreOLYMPIA – A bill to require counties to include prepaid postage on return envelopes for primary and general election ballots received a public hearing on Wednesday in Olympia (Senate Bill 5019). “A stamp is a small thing with a potentially big ...
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