Category Archives: E-News

Dear Friends and Neighbors, We are back in Olympia and so excited to get to work! I am full of gratitude to you for choosing me to represent you another term in the Washington State House of Representatives. And grateful ...

Dear friends and neighbors, I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are starting the year with your first foot forward! With the 2024 session kicking off on Monday, I want to share with you some of the issues I will ...

Dear friends and neighbors, I’m writing to give you an update on what’s been happening on the 988 front, but first, let’s talk about the high temperatures expected this week. During a heat wave, access to electricity and water can mean the ...

Dear friends and neighbors, With just nine days left of session, this is the final stretch and, as you can imagine, we’re all in overdrive to get the work of the people done on time. This week, we passed Senate ...

Thank you for coming to our town hall meeting! I want to extend my sincerest thanks to everyone who joined our district town hall meeting on March 18. We had a great turnout and we were so pleased to see ...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, This past Wednesday, March 8, we celebrated International Women’s Day. Much of our history ignores the labor, resilience, and influence of women, especially women of color who face additional barriers to opportunity and recognition. Here, in the ...

Dear friends and neighbors, This past Friday was the deadline for fiscal committees to pass bills and tomorrow we start Floor action all day every day for a week and a half. It will be hectic, but I trust we ...

Dear friends and neighbors, The first cutoff of session is this coming Friday. Any bills that do not make it out of policy committees by then will not advance any further, though they will be automatically reintroduced next year. In ...

Dear friends and neighbors, It’s truly incredible how fast time flies and how quickly things get done during session. As we reach the end of the third week, let’s start with a brief report on the status of my bills ...