E-Newsletters

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

As you know, making sure that Washingtonians have access to affordable housing and addressing our region's homelessness crisis is a major challenge. This session, I’m working to address those issues in two ways.

The first is ...

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Last week, the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade, which I chair, held a hearing on my bill giving employees easier access to retirement plans.

Helping Washingtonians save for retirement has been a top ...

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

As your senator, I know that passing bills isn’t the only measure of success in Olympia.

Sometimes, it’s just the opposite: killing bad bills.

We saw that in the last week, when a proposal that ...

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

As a parent and small business owner, I know the importance of following through and making sure that the bills we pass in Olympia work as intended. So I want to give you a quick update on two of my priorities from the last ...

Dear friends and neighbors,

The 2019 legislative session opened this week. As your senator, I want to share a brief update on some of my priorities this session:

• SR 18 & I-90 Interchange: the project remains on schedule and I’m working to secure funding to make highway 18 four lanes all ...

Dear friends and neighbors, In my last newsletter, I shared information about the operating, construction and transportation budgets that we passed this legislative session. This week, I wanted to give you a final update you on the bills I sponsored that were signed into law. • Property tax relief: Senate Bill 6641 cut ...

Dear friends, We were able to accomplish a lot during this year’s short, 60-day session. In addition to passing a wide range of bills improving the quality of life in our communities, we finished on time and passed operating, construction and transportation budgets. Gov. Inslee signs Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6018, March ...