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Sen. Lisa Wellman, D-Mercer Island, spoke at the Career Connect Washington kickoff in Renton on Thursday. Wellman, chair of the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee, voiced her support for connecting Washington's 1.1 million students with real work experience. Career Connect Washington is an initiative that brings government and the private sector together to offer programs that allow students to ...

Sen. Lisa Wellman recently sat down with Q13 reporter Hana Kim to discuss work on a comprehensive safety package for schools, including an emphasis on mental health resources.

Sen. Lisa Wellman, chair of the Senate Education Committee, recently wrote an op-ed for the Seattle Times outlining school safety priorities Democrats plan to pursue in 2019: As a new school year begins, one issue remains high on every parent’s mind — keeping our kids safe.

Sen. Lisa Wellman, D- Mercer Island, recently sat down with Stephan Cox of Indivisible Washington to discuss her legislation to protect our economy from reckless federal immigration policies. Listen to the full interview here.

OLYMPIA – State Senators Lisa Wellman, D-Mercer Island, and Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, issued the following statement regarding asylum-seekers who were separated from their children and recently moved to a Bureau of Prisons detention center in SeaTac: “We condemn the treatment of these mothers separated from their children and currently being held here in SeaTac. The Trump administration’s new family separation policy ...

OLYMPIA – Sen. Lisa Wellman, D-Mercer Island, began a tour of all nine Educational Service Districts in the state on Monday to meet with educators and discuss strategies to improve school safety, student outcomes and digital parity. Wellman, chair of the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee, met with school officials in Pasco Monday. Over the next two weeks, she ...

OLYMPIA – Sen. Lisa Wellman, D-Mercer Island, has been appointed to the newly established Washington State Women’s Commission. Created with the passage of House Bill 2759 during the 2018 legislative session, the commission will focus on solutions to address inequality for women in the workplace and in society overall. “It’s a true honor to be selected to work with my colleagues ...

OLYMPIA – Sen. Lisa Wellman, D-Mercer Island, will serve on a new state task force responsible for recommending policies to increase the career and college readiness of public school students in Washington state. Wellman, the chair of the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee, will serve on the new Work-Integrated Learning Advisory Committee responsible for supporting the state’s goal ...

Last night Governor Inslee vetoed ESB 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act. After hearing from the people of the 41st district, I believe it was the right decision. I initially supported the bill because I believe in the positive transparency reforms it would have enacted. However, I recognize the process through which the bill ...

OLYMPIA – Legislation to expand the successful “Breakfast After the Bell” program to more students across the state passed the state Senate today with bipartisan support. The program would ensure more students — especially those with limited financial means — have access to a nutritionally balanced meal after the first bell of the school day. “We know students who get quality nutrition ...