We are only 12 days into the 2018 legislative session in Olympia, but we are already notching significant victories for the people of our state. Our new Democratic majority in ...
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After five years of Republican control of the state Senate, exciting changes are afoot in Olympia. Democrats gained a one-seat majority as a result of this month’s special election in ...
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With three weeks to go in the 105-day legislative session, only about 400 bills out of the over 2,800 introduced are still alive. That includes eight bills that I introduced, ...
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We are now in week 9 of our 15-week legislative session. This week we reached the “house of origin” cutoff – a deadline for all non-budget bills to move from ...
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OLYMPIA - Legislators from the 43rd District will be hosting a Town Hall on March 11 at Seattle First Baptist Church. Sen. Jamie Pedersen will join House Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Nicole Macri to provide ...
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Greetings from Olympia! We are now a month into the 105-day legislative session. We have spent most of our time so far in committee, reviewing over 1,700 bills introduced so far. ...
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Greetings from Olympia! We are wrapping up the first week of the 2017 legislative session. I continue to serve as ranking member on the Senate Law & Justice Committee, which has ...
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We are wrapping up the fourth week of the 2016 legislative session. Most of our time so far has been spent in committee, reviewing the 2,000 or so bills that ...
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