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Braun: Bipartisan Senate budget addresses ‘equity issue of our time’
Braun: Bipartisan Senate budget addresses ‘equity issue of our time’
Provides nearly $70 million for to address students’ learning loss, additional $800 million for special education   OLYMPIA…The 2023-2025 Senate operating budget proposal released today includes nearly $70 million to help Washington’s students recover from learning loss resulting from remote learning and school closures during the pandemic. It also includes...
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Senate Republican Leader John Braun shares what the Legislature is doing to address learning loss and special education
Senate Republican Leader John Braun shares what the Legislature is doing to address learning loss and special education
              Learn more about what the Legislature is working on to deal with student learning loss and the needs of special education students.
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STATEMENT: Police-pursuit bill narrowly passed by Senate today is ‘half step’ in the right direction, says Republican leader STATEMENT: Police-pursuit bill narrowly passed by Senate today is ‘half step’ in the right direction, says Republican leader
OLYMPIA… Senate Republican Leader John Braun today offered this statement following the Senate’s narrow passage of legislation that would let law-enforcement officers engage in vehicular pursuits in more situations than Washington law has allowed since 2021. Senate Bill 5352 was passed with a 26-23 vote on the final day of...
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STATEMENT: Republican leader encouraged by Senate passage of bill to strengthen drug-possession law STATEMENT: Republican leader encouraged by Senate passage of bill to strengthen drug-possession law
OLYMPIA… Little more than two years after the landmark State v. Blake court decision, a bipartisan majority of state senators today approved legislation that would make possession and use of hard drugs a gross misdemeanor, and significantly restore the legal leverage that can compel people to seek and complete substance-use...
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