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OLYMPIA — Bipartisan legislation ensuring the state’s Medicaid program continues to cover HIV antiviral drugs without prior authorization was signed into law Friday. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Marko Liias ...
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Hello neighbors, Transportation is always on my mind — not just because I chair the Senate Transportation Committee but because I know and see how essential transportation is for everyday ...
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OLYMPIA — The 2025-27 bipartisan transportation package passed the Senate Saturday. The bipartisan package, which includes a spending plan, revenue bill, and bond bill, closes the $1 billion shortfall in ...
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OLYMPIA — A bipartisan bill creating an alternative siting pathway for fusion power projects passed the Senate unanimously Wednesday. House Bill 1018, the companion to legislation originally introduced by Sen. Marko ...
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OLYMPIA — The Senate released its 2025-27 transportation budget, which includes two bipartisan proposals charting different funding paths for the state’s transportation system. One proposal postpones projects and reduces state ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Senate Transportation Committee leaders to release bipartisan budget proposal Monday
OLYMPIA — The Senate Transportation Committee will release its 2025-2027 bipartisan budget Monday, March 24. A press release with information on the proposal’s key elements will be sent at about ...
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Hello neighbors, Taking time to talk with you is an essential part of our democratic process. With so much going on in the world right now, it’s important for me ...
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OLYMPIA – A bill giving the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) more tools to deliver large construction projects on an expedited — and less costly — timeline passed the ...
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Liias: Washington will continue to include voices of impacted communities in infrastructure projects
OLYMPIA — Sen. Marko Liias (D-Edmonds) issued the following statement March 11 after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rescinded the Biden administration’s memos on factoring environmental justice into infrastructure decisions: “Our ...
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