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15 Feb
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State Senate Members of Color Caucus mark 75th anniversary of Japanese internment

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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10 Feb
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VIDEO: Update on a bill to undermine worker rights & progress on the state bank bill

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10 Feb
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VIDEO: Public hearing for bill to create a state bank

 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 ...

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06 Feb
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Feb. 9: Public Hearing for State Bank Bill

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03 Feb
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VIDEO: Hasegawa calls Senate Republican bill a ‘paradigm shift’ in education, needs major overhaul

 Sen. 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”});});

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01 Feb
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VIDEO: Sen. Hasegawa on the state bank

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25 Jan
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State bank would keep Washington dollars working for the people

OLYMPIA – 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 ...

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17 Jan
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VIDEO: Hasegawa speaks to racial injustice and empathy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sen. 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.

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16 Jan
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VIDEO: Hasegawa welcomes you to the 2017 legislative session!

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13 Jan
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Hasegawa bill is nexus of good government and voting access

OLYMPIA – 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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