This week on Inside Olympia, an update on the state of schools, student well being and school funding from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. Plus, after nearly a quarter century in the Legislature, State Senator Sam Hunt is ...
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Washington has passed legislation intended to safeguard its public libraries, after a small city in the southeastern corner of the state nearly became the first community in the nation to shutter its library over the book battles that have engulfed ...
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OLYMPIA — A bill to protect libraries was signed into law Tuesday. In 2023, petitioners in Columbia County gathered enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library District in Dayton. State statute ...
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Olympia — A bill requiring fitness centers to carry at least one semiautomatic external defibrillator (AED) was signed into law Tuesday. Senate Bill 5592, sponsored by Sen. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia), was brought forward by constituents, Kim and Karli Reiter. Rep. ...
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — When Kim Reiter’s husband died from a cardiac arrest while working out at the gym, she was shocked to find out fitness centers are not required to have automated external defibrillators (AEDs). So Reiter contacted her state ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, The 2024 legislative session has officially come to an end! During the last week, we passed our supplemental capital, operating and transportation budgets. I’m happy to share that the capital budget funds important projects Reps. ...
Read MoreThe end of Washington state’s 2024 legislative session Thursday will mark the end of several careers of longtime lawmakers. On March 6, Republican Sen. Lynda Wilson added her name to the growing list of legislators announcing they won’t seek re-election in 2024. ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, Some of the most important issues before the Legislature this year are the initiatives that were submitted to us. Some of these initiatives would have a massive negative effect on the positive progress we’ve made together ...
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A longtime Democratic lawmaker who represents Olympia announced Tuesday that he would be retiring after his term ends in January 2025. Sen. Sam Hunt was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving as a Washington state Representative since 2001.
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OLYMPIA – Sen. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia) announced Tuesday he will retire after his term ends in January 2025. He has served as a state senator since 2017 and before that served as a state representative in the House from 2001-2016. ...
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