Category Archives: E-News

Friends, neighbors – *Special reminder!* Join me + our two key budget-writers – Sen. Christine Rolfes (our Kitsap County neighbor to the north!) and Sen. June Robinson –  for a “Budget 101” livestream TONIGHT 4/12 at 6:30 pm! “Budget 101” ...

Friends, neighbors – Are you starting to feel hope? 🌞 The days of hugging the people we love and spending time with friends and family – free of fear – feel so close. I’m hopeful because of you. So many ...

Friends, neighbors – Yesterday the Senate dropped a historic $59.2 billion budget proposal – one that reflects our values, injects money into our communities, and helps us rebuild and come back stronger and more equitable than before. It includes funding ...

Friends, neighbors – We’ve made it through House of Origin cut-off and are back at it in committee – hearing bills sent over by the House, gathering our neighbors’ stories through remote public testimony, honing in on the most effective ...

Friends, neighbors – Friendly reminder that I’m hosting another Virtual Town Hall TOMORROW, Saturday 2/20, from 11am-12pm.  If you had to miss my last virtual town hall, this is another opportunity to connect Live! I can’t wait until in-person gatherings ...

Friends, neighbors –   Earlier this week, we passed a historic $2.2 BILLION pandemic relief package off the Senate floor and on to the Governor – to get immediate, targeted relief to the people and programs who need help NOW. Because we didn’t take any amendments ...

Friends, neighbors –   Week 2 of session has come and gone – and it’s been amazing to see so many of our neighbors across the state participating in remote testimony. We’ve had nurses sharing their thoughts from outside the hospital on a lunch break, teachers offering thoughtful feedback from their cars ...

Friends, neighbors –  Week one of the 2021 session was one for the books. We convened on Monday, working closely with security and staff to keep everyone safe –  in light of the violence that had been threatened against our ...

Friends, neighbors –   After weeks of virtual-committee and virtual-floor-debate practice, after months of gathering community feedback and preparing legislation to answer our neighbors’ most pressing needs, after almost a year of weathering this pandemic together – we’re less than a month ...