E-Newsletters

Dear friends and neighbors, Sunday marks the final day of the regularly scheduled 2017 legislative session. While I am disappointed that we are once again headed for a special session, my focus so far has been to introduce and pass legislation to help our district and our state. Those efforts succeeded ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Are you interested in how we are planning to fully-fund K-12 education or any other issue before the Legislature this year? If so, I hope you can join me Saturday, April 29 at one of my town hall meetings. Town halls provide an open forum where I can ...

Dear friends and neighbors, I’ve come to discover that the best ideas for legislation often come from constituents. Throughout my legislative career, I have enjoyed collaborating with advocates, small business owners and parents from the 5^th Legislative District on legislation important to them and our community. In 2013, a local mom and ...

Dear friends and neighbors, At the end of every legislative session, I begin the process of gathering community input for projects that I will submit for funding consideration the next year. I’m ecstatic to announce that every one of the projects I sought funding for this year will be fully funded ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Have you been to the airport lately? If so, you may have noticed signs popping up at Sea-Tac informing you that beginning in 2018 your Washington state driver’s license will no longer be considered valid identification for air travel. This is because our state is noncompliant with federal ...

Dear friends and neighbors, We all know that the second you drive your brand new car off the lot, it begins to lose its value – rapidly. According to the Kelley Blue Book, a two-year-old car is only worth 59 percent of its original sticker price. Taxes and fees to fund Sound ...

Dear friends and neighbors, When you think about King County, you think about skyscrapers, traffic jams and a booming tech industry. However, King County also contains large swaths of rural land, and much of that rural land lies within the borders of the 5th Legislative District. As I represent this unique ...