John Braun

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Dear Friends and Neighbors, Community means teamwork, and in a county that experiences floods from time to time, we unfortunately know just how true that is. At the Packwood Improvement Club meeting last week, it was a time to pause and recognize the many people and organizations who stepped forward...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Earlier today, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced that he supports the changes the House of Representatives has proposed to the income tax and will sign the bill if the House passes it. Senate Bill 6346 proposes an unconstitutional income tax — the kind of income tax Washingtonians...

Watch my weekly legislative update. Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Senate Democrats released their operating budget proposal this week. It’s not good for our state. If you remember, last year, Democrats responded to a $7 billion deficit in the state budget by approving a $12.3 billion package of state and...

OLYMPIA…More than $70 million for projects in the 20th Legislative District is included in the Senate versions of the proposals for the 2025-27 supplemental capital and transportation budgets, which were released this week. Both budgets were cowritten by bipartisan teams and would pay for local priorities such as flood response,...

Watch my weekly legislative update video.   Dear Friends and Neighbors, You might be tired of hearing about the income bill, and I am tired of talking about it. But this bill is so bad that we can’t stop talking about it until we stop the bill itself. WATCH MY...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Once in a while, a legislator will refer to a bill that everyone supports as a “good little bill.” Today, however, Senate Democrats passed a big, bad bill — an unconstitutional state income tax. Misleadingly labeled a “millionaire’s tax,” Senate Bill 6346 levies a 9.9% tax...

OLYMPIA…Seemingly oblivious to concerns about affordability, Democrats passed a multitude of bills out of the Senate Ways & Means Committee Monday that will increase the cost of living for Washingtonians. Out of 69 bills on the meeting agenda, all but one of those that undermine affordability passed out of committee...

I have received many emails and calls from constituents who had seen social media posts or heard a podcast from political reporter Brandi Kruse explaining how she had been denied a press pass by the House of Representatives in Olympia. To be clear, she was not denied a press pass...