Dear friends and neighbors, Before this year’s legislative session concluded last month, the Legislature took several important steps to strengthen public education in our state. As the father of four students and the husband of a special education teacher in ...
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Dear friends and neighbors: Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, many states have adopted radical and dangerous laws eliminating access to reproductive care. Activist judges have also made rulings that further threaten access to critical ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, Last night, we officially adjourned the 2023 legislative session in Olympia. During the 105-day session, legislators introduced 2,306 bills, and we expect that Governor Inslee will sign roughly 500 of those into law. We made remarkable ...
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Dear Friends and Neighbors, Reps. Nicole Macri and Frank Chopp and I will be holding a town hall meeting tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Seattle First Baptist Church on First Hill, 1111 Harvard Ave. We are looking forward ...
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Dear friends and neighbors: We are nearing the halfway mark of the 2023 legislative session in Olympia. Over the next two weeks, the full Senate will debate and vote on dozens of new policies before the March 8thdeadline to pass ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, For the first time since 2020, legislators have gathered from around the state for an in-person session. The pent-up energy is obvious, with over 500 bills having been introduced in the Senate in just the first ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, In my final e-newsletter for this year, I would like to highlight some of the investments that the state will be making in neighborhood projects around our district. Many are the result of persistent and effective ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, This week’s release of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggesting the Court may be poised to overturn Roe v. Wade represents a radical and dangerous attack on the right to privacy under the federal constitution, ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, No problem facing our state is more immediate or visible than the crises of affordable housing and homelessness. Thanks to additional federal funds, this year the Legislature made one of the largest investments in state history ...
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As we celebrate Earth Day this week, I want to share more details on the passage of the Move Ahead Washington transportation package. The package is the most environmentally friendly set of investments in state history and one of the ...
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