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This will be my last email update to you as your state representative. As you may be aware, I am retiring from office when my term is completed at the end...

Tomorrow is the final day of the scheduled 60-day legislative session. We've been busy working on the House floor, sometimes late into the evening. We worked Saturday to vote on bills and...

Tomorrow is the halfway point of the scheduled 60-day session. It is also the second major deadline of the session, known as “fiscal committee cutoff” for house of origin bills. Legislation...

Good news! Thursday evening, the Legislature passed the Hirst solution and the capital construction budget.  I voted in favor of both. The following day the governor signed the bills into law....

We have received notice that the Legislature could reconvene in session this Thursday, July 20, the final day of the third legislative session, to complete business on two items: a permanent fix on the...

Due to a stalemate over tax increases and K-12 education funding, budget negotiators in the House and Senate were unable to reach an agreement on the 2017-19 operating budget before the end of...

Only 18 days remain of the 2017 legislative session, scheduled to end April 23. This is an important time as we work toward the most important goal of the session —...

I wanted to take a moment to again invite you to join Rep. Bill Jenkin and me tonight for a telephone town hall meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. This...

Several notable milestones have come and gone in the last week here in the state Legislature. I would like to take a few minutes to give you an update. Also, please join me...

We are coming to the end of the fourth week of the scheduled 105-day legislative session in Olympia. I wanted to provide this update. A new look to the 16th District...