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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Dear colleagues, On the wall in my office is a framed poster from the 1950 Pendleton Roundup. Yup, I lived in Pendleton at the time. On a bright orange background, it features a cowboy on a wild bucking bronco, and ...
Read MoreSomeone new will have to soon saddle up to represent the Olympia area in the Washington state Senate. Sen. Sam Hunt, a Democrat who represents the 22nd Legislative District, said on Tuesday he won’t seek reelection this year. Hunt has ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, The Senate released its proposal this week for the state’s capital budget, which funds construction projects across the state – mostly buildings, but many other things too. This year’s supplemental budget proposal includes major funding increases ...
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OLYMPIA – Azumi Calloway served as a page for the Washington State Senate during the fourth week of the 2024 legislative session. Sen. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia) sponsored her time at the Legislature. The page program offers a hands-on opportunity for ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, We are now more than halfway through the legislative session! We’ve been busy all week passing bills off the Senate floor. Bills that started in the Senate have to make it through the Senate by Tuesday ...
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Olympia — A bill that would require fitness centers to have at least one semiautomatic external defibrillator (AED) on hand passed the Senate with unanimous support on Tuesday. Senate Bill 5592, sponsored by Sen. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia), was brought ...
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OLYMPIA — A bill to ensure there’s a clear process for challenging voter registrations cleared the Senate floor with unanimous support Wednesday. It would also ensure no one is wrongly removed from the voting rolls or is led to believe ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, I’d like to remind you that my seatmates, Reps. Jessica Bateman and Beth Doglio, and I are hosting a virtual town hall tomorrow! We’d like to give you a mid-session update and learn more about the ...
Read MoreOLYMPIA — A bill to protect libraries cleared the Senate with unanimous support Wednesday. In 2023, petitioners in Columbia County gathered enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot to dissolve the Dayton library. However, this was stopped by ...
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