OLYMPIA – A bill by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, addresses impacts to neighborhoods in large cities with high poverty levels and high rates of ethnic diversity by the construction of public facilities, like light rail stations. “When light rail stations ...
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OLYMPIA – A bill by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, that grants wheelchair accessible taxicabs authority to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes passed the state Senate unanimously today. “This bill would assist those in the disabled community in our state,” ...
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OLYMPIA – A bill by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, passed the Senate unanimously on Monday and requires state agencies to provide public notices and state of emergency notices in languages other than English. “This is a civil rights issue, a ...
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Whether or not you can vote, in a democracy you can take a stand and multiply your voice.
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OLYMPIA – On Wednesday in the Legislature, lawmakers marked the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which sent more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent to internment camps. Sen. Hasegawa, D-Seattle, spoke on the Senate floor about the ...
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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 ...
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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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