Sen. Bob Hasegawa was presented the Interfaith Leadership Award by the Faith Action Network at its annual event recently at the Renton Pavilion. Hasegawa received the award in recognition of legislation he sponsored (Senate Bill 5173) to give public employees the ...
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Sen. Hasegawa speaks on Boeing tax incentives
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Sen. Bob Hasegawa has been awarded a Golden Bamboo award in recognition of his dedication and commitment to values important to the Filipino community in the greater Seattle metropolitan area.
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Public employees and students in public schools will be allowed to take up to two days off each year for reasons of faith or conscience under legislation signed into law today by Gov. Jay Inslee. The new law, sponsored by Read More
Though the Voting Rights Act was killed this legislative session by Senate Republicans, Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Beacon Hill, promised that Senate Democrats will renew the fight to pass the bill next year. House Bill 1413 had passed the House and ...
Read MorePublic employees and students in public schools will be allowed to take up to two days off each year for reasons of faith or conscience under legislation that passed the House recently on a 64-32 vote. Senate Bill 5173, sponsored ...
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Local governments would be better able to resolve challenges to unfair electoral processes without incurring costly litigation, thanks to a bill passed late Thursday by the Senate Government Operations Committee. Having already passed the House, House Bill 1413 was amended ...
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Hasegawa: State ‘not meeting our responsibilities’ on cannabis The Legislature could finance a state bank that could handle cannabis transactions safely for less money than it will cost to provide armed security for cannabis transactions at Department of Revenue offices and ...
Read MoreOLYMPIA — Public employees and students in public schools would be allowed to take up to two days off each year for reasons of faith or conscience under legislation that passed the Senate on a 47-0 vote this week. Senate ...
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