Dear Neighbors and Friends, Washington State Ferries (WSF), being our state’s marine highway system, and only transportation option available for most San Juan County residents, is in dire straits. The unprecedented frequency of service disruptions passengers has endured, either through ...
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OLYMPIA – El gobernador Jay Inslee promulgó hoy un proyecto de ley para aumentar las oportunidades de vivienda comunitaria para los trabajadores agrícolas locales en Washington. Patrocinado por la Senadora Liz Lovelett (D-Anacortes), el Proyecto de Ley del Senado 5396, ...
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April 27, 2021 OLYMPIA — As the Legislature wrapped up the 105-day session this weekend, budget writers unveiled the compromise operating, transportation, and construction (capital) budgets between the House and Senate. Legislators from the 40th District have had significant opportunities to ...
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By Levi Pulkkinen A landmark bill in the state Legislature has split environmentalists, with some questioning whether it will reduce pollution in communities hardest hit by it. Competing efforts to enact landmark climate change legislation have fractured the state’s environmental ...
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Friends and neighbors, As the 2021 Legislative Session has crossed the halfway point and we have made it through the House of Origin Cutoff, your 40th District legislators wanted to take some time to chat about their legislative priorities before ...
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A bill aimed at expanding community-based support systems for Washingtonians living with mental illnesses passed the Washington State Senate today. Engrossed Senate Bill 5328, sponsored by Sen. Liz Lovelett (D-Anacortes), would make funding available to establish Clubhouse services statewide. Clubhouses ...
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A bill to prevent paying sub-minimum wage to persons with disabilities passed the Washington State senate last Thursday. SB5284 would eliminate so-called sub-minimum wage certificates that allow employers to pay disabled employees less than minimum wage. Democrat Emily Randall called ...
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