We are now more than halfway through the 2016 legislative session. The House has been voting on bills for the past several days, and will continue to do so until house...
The 2016 legislative session is underway! We have much to accomplish and just 60 days to do it, so things are moving very quickly. This is a supplemental budget year, which...
After 176 days and three special sessions, the 2015 legislative session finally came to a close on July 10. I really enjoyed my first session as a state representative, and although...
Budget negotiators still have not come to an agreement on the 2015-17 operating budget, so we are now in a second 30-day special session – the 12th special session in the...
There are now less than two weeks of the 105-day legislative session remaining. In my last email update, I told you about how the House Democrats' operating budget proposal would raise...
House Democrats released their 2015-17 operating budget proposal last Friday, and as expected, it relies heavily on tax increases. The majority party is looking to raise taxes by $1.5 billion, despite...
We are now in day 67 of the 105-day legislative session. Last Wednesday, March 11, was House of origin cutoff, meaning bills that did not pass out of their respective chamber...
It's hard to believe we are halfway through the 105-day legislative session! There has been a lot of floor action this week, and the House has already voted on more than...
There has been a lot of action on the House floor over the past couple of weeks, and we have now sent dozens of bills to the Senate for consideration. It...
The first month of the 2015 legislative session is almost in the books, and I want to give you an update on what’s been happening here in Olympia. I have really enjoyed...
