E-Newsletters

Dear friends and neighbors, Today is sine die of the 2024 legislative session and my last day on the Senate floor, doing the most exciting job I’ve ever had. Many of you probably already heard that I’m not running for re-election to the Senate. This is my twelfth year in the Legislature, ...

Dear friends and neighbors, One of my important roles in the Senate is serving as the lead writer of our state’s capital budget. Of the three budgets – operating, transportation, and capital – the capital budget is how we fund the construction and maintenance of infrastructure and physical projects. This year’s ...

Dear friends and neighbors, The biggest issues we’re facing this session are the six initiatives to the Legislature that I’m sure you’ve heard so much about. More than 400,000 voters signed petitions to put these six initiatives before us – the Legislature has the opportunity to pass them directly into law, ...

Dear friends and neighbors, You’ve probably read stories about the issues in our state transportation system right now. We’ve been seeing bids on all our big projects come in over budget from contractors, our construction of new ferries has been delayed, and I worry that our transportation leaders are going to ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Perhaps the biggest issue of the 2024 session is our state’s efforts to combat climate change, which became incredibly controversial this past summer when our Climate Commitment Act contributed to driving up Washington’s gas prices to the most expensive in the nation. Putting a price on carbon pollution ...

Dear friends and neighbors, It may only be the second week of the legislative session, but with a mere 60 days to complete our work, we’re already well into the process. Later in the session we’ll grapple with some of the bigger issues – gas prices and the Climate Commitment Act, ...