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Join me and Rep. Mary Dye TONIGHT for our telephone Town Hall!Tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6:00 PM, Rep. Mary Dye and I will hold a telephone town hall for residents...

We’re now just about halfway through the 60-day 2026 legislative session. The cutoff for policy committees was this week. Any bill – and there are a lot of them – that...

In a recent interview with Spokane radio host Doug Nadvornick, Rep. Joe Schmick discussed key legislative priorities focused on rural health care, economic challenges, and community well-being. Schmick highlighted his bill...

Chances are you had breakfast, lunch, or dinner today. You may have found something to snack on or drink. If so, you have the agricultural producers and workers to thank. Food...

Special to The Spokesman-Review As a former farmer who spent decades working the land and depending on it to feed my family and others, I know firsthand what real conservation looks...

With two weeks left in the legislative session, I was hoping to report better news on the operating budget. At some point, if movement doesn’t happen we could be looking at...

Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, joins Glenn Vaagen on the PNW Ag Network to discuss the many Democrat tax proposals including a B&O tax, property tax increases, gas tax and licensing fee...

Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax and a second-generation farmer, speaks in favor of an amendment that would protect farmers from some of the harsher impacts of legislation to study the possibility –...

We’ve all read stories at the national level about how more and more agriculture land is being bought up by developers for new construction, environmental groups for green energy projects, and...

We are passing the one-third mark in our 105-day legislative session. I want to thank you for your continued involvement and input into your state government. I also want to invite...