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Newsletter: Is an arrest at Green Hill School a sign things are improving?
Arrests at Green Hill School may be sign things are improving Friends and Neighbors, I toured Green Hill School this week to see for myself the conditions and protocols at the detention facility. Green Hill once housed only juveniles, but now houses adults up to age 25 if they were convicted as juveniles, a decision...
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Senators mystified by cut in drug task force funding; lawmakers approve other Republican fentanyl proposals
OLYMPIA – Two Republican bills addressing Washington’s fentanyl crisis are headed to the governor’s office for final consideration, but senators say they are surprised by a cutback in this year’s budget for local law enforcement drug task forces. Senate Republicans offered proposals this year to combat the spread of deadly fentanyl this year in their...
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Newsletter: The good, the bad and the ugly — notable bills that passed this session
Friends and Neighbors, The 2024 legislative session wraps up today. The 2025 session doesn’t begin until next January. In the meantime, we move into the period called “interim,” when legislators return to their districts and their regular lives… while continuing to respond to questions and concerns from their constituents. This interim also includes an election....
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Three initiatives to the Legislature go to the ballot – learn more
Three of the six initiatives to the Legislature passed and will become law. They will ban a personal income tax in Washington, restore “reasonable suspicion” as the standard for police vehicular pursuit, and protect parents’ right to know in their children’s K-12 public education. Majority Democrats refused to grant hearings or vote on the other...
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Legislative hat trick a win for people of Washington, says Braun
OLYMPIA…Half of the initiatives sent to the Legislature by the people of Washington passed in both chambers of the Legislature today with bipartisan support. Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, released the following comments after the final vote was cast. “The passage of three of the six initiatives today is terrific – I’m very pleased...
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Braun reacts to Senate majority leader’s announcement he won’t run for reelection in 2024
OLYMPIA…Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, released the following statement upon learning that his Democrat counterpart will not run for reelection. Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane, will finish out his current term and step down. “I congratulate Senator Billig on 14 years of distinguished service in the Washington State Legislature, including his six years...
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