News Releases

Dear friends and neighbors, With four kids in Seattle Public Schools, I know our public schools are underfunded:  we must increase support for the state’s 1.1 million K-12 students. My top priority every year is to provide each student with access to a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment that prepares them for success in life. As the Legislature faced another ...

Dear friends and neighbors, This session the Legislature continued to work to ensure everyone in Washington has access to quality, affordable health care. In the face of devastating federal funding cuts, we worked to ensure people have safe, consistent access to reproductive care, vaccines, and other essential services and by making the health care marketplace fairer for consumers. The state budget ...

Dear friends and neighbors, This year’s state supplemental capital budget includes hundreds of new investments to build and improve public infrastructure around the state. To address the shortage of affordable housing, the budget includes an additional $200 million in housing and homelessness funding. This includes $123 million for the Housing Trust Fund, supporting dozens of affordable housing projects. Thanks to strong ...

Dear friends and neighbors, At a time when the Trump administration and many other states are targeting the LGBTQ+ community, Washington is fighting back. We want our state to continue to be a safe place for all people.  In the 2026 legislative session, we worked to improve life for our state’s LGBTQ+ community. As the senior member of our Legislature’s ...

Dear friends and neighbors, One of my top priorities is to protect our state as the Trump administration assaults the rule of law, undermines science, and targets vulnerable communities in Washington. The Legislature took significant steps this session to defend our hard-fought rights and values in all of those areas. Just this week, the president signed an unlawful order targeting ...

Dear friends and neighbors, One of the greatest challenges our state faces is the lack of affordable housing. This problem is acute in the 43^rd district, where the median home value is $1.1 million and the median gross rent is $2,158 per month.  For far too many people in our community, homeownership is out of reach while rental prices continue to ...

Friends and neighbors, When this year’s 60-day session started in January, my top priority was introducing and passing the most substantial progressive tax reform in our state’s history. I heard loud and clear from people in the 43^rd District who are struggling with affordability and frustrated with our broken tax system that we needed dramatic change. After months of planning and ...

Friends and neighbors, Earlier today the Senate passed the Millionaires Tax (SB 6346) off the Senate floor. I sponsored this legislation to help fix the state’s unfair and outdated tax code, provide sustainable funding for public schools and health care, and reduce taxes for working families and small businesses. Click here or on the image below to watch my ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Many of you have reached out to ask about what the Legislature is doing to protect the people of Washington, including our immigrant communities, from a hostile and malevolent federal government. I share your shock and outrage at the federal presence in Minnesota as masked agents create chaos, terrorize communities, and kill Americans. I want to start by ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Our state has taken a multi-pronged approach to resisting the constant chaos and confusion created by the Trump administration’s harmful actions: deportations without due process, federal layoffs, cuts to education and health care, and relentless attempts to undermine the U.S. Constitution with illegal executive orders. This session the Legislature worked to pass important policy safeguards and ensure the ...