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As the 2026 legislative session gaveled to a close last night, lawmakers approved three supplemental budgets that will shape state spending over the next year: the operating budget, the transportation budget,...

We are heading into the final stretch of the legislative session, which means long days and even longer nights in Olympia. The pace always picks up this time of year as...

We are entering the last two weeks of the 2026 legislative session where budgets begin to finally take center state. The Legislature will pass supplemental budget for operating expenses, transportation, and...

In Washington state, we have long understood something simple yet important: if you don’t like your elected sheriff, you can vote them out. If they commit misconduct, there is a constitutional...

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...

The session ended Sunday, April 27 on time, which was a pleasant surprise after a lot of talk about a special session. That being said, the governor still has several days...

The serious countdown has begun as legislators have just over a week to wrap up this 105-day session. Budget writers in the House and Senate released a new package of tax...

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...

We’ve hit the calm before the storm in the legislative session. Things have slowed down from the pace of the previous few weeks. We have financial committees meeting this weekend and...

In my last email update I talked a little about HB 1296 which would gut Initiative 2081, better known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights. We fought this bill on the...