E-Newsletter

The 2019 legislative session began on January 14. This will be a “long” regular session, because we will pass two-year operating, capital, and transportation budgets for the state ...

Dear friends and neighbors: Before the Legislature finished this year’s 60-day session last week, we passed supplemental operating, transportation, and capital budgets to fund everything from public schools to roads. These ...

Dear friends and neighbors: The 2018 Legislature adjourned last Thursday. It was the first time since 2014 that we finished on time and the first time since 2008 that we completed all ...

Dear friends and neighbors: The 60-day session in Olympia is flying by and our Democratic majority in the Senate continues to make exciting progress. This week we faced an important deadline ...

Dear friends and neighbors: We have reached the midpoint of the 60-day legislative session. Our Democratic majority in the Senate continues to work closely with the House to advance bills and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...