Dear friends and neighbors, I was honored to recently receive the Washington Association of County Auditors’ "Legislator of the Century” award! I’m incredibly proud of the work we’ve done together over the years to make our election system a model for other states to follow. Voting is a ...
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Dear friends and neighbors,
As my time in the Legislature winds down, let’s look back on what shaped my early life and career before I ran for the state House and some of the biggest accomplishments during my 24 years as a legislator.
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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. Beth Doglio, Jessica Bateman and I ...
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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 on the priorities I know we share here ...
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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 is captioned “LET ‘ER BUCK.” I have been ...
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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 in K-12 school construction, ...
Read MoreDear 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 or they’ll be done for the session. Read More
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 issues that are ...
Read MoreDear friends and neighbors, Welcome to week three of the legislative session! We’ve got just about a week and a half left before our first deadline of the session—Jan. 31. That’s when policy bills will need to make it through their committee of origin. After Jan. 31, much ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, Week one of the legislative session was packed with public hearings on so many important bills. Click the photo below to see powerful testimony on a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow voters to decide if they want school bond measures ...
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