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State Rep. Deb Manjarrez has been named the 2026 Representative of the Year by the Washington State Narcotics Investigators Association (WSNIA), recognizing her leadership in confronting Washington’s drug crisis and... ...
Washington state continues to face a devastating overdose crisis. While opioid overdose deaths have dropped by nearly half nationwide since June 2023, Washington has seen only a 3% decline, the... ...
Out of options and running out of time, Reps. Travis Couture and Joshua Penner are calling on Democrats to bring an emergency fix to the Keeping Families Together Act to... ...
Rep. Joshua Penner, R-Orting, delivered a sobering floor speech to advocate for children trapped in dangerous environments, moving Amendment 2105 to the supplemental operating budget (Senate Bill 5998). The proposal... ...
House Republican Budget Leader Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, led the fight for Republicans Saturday during the more than nine-hour debate on the majority Democrats’ proposed budget. Couture and House Republicans... ...
Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen, R-Puyallup, spoke on the House floor in support of changing the Keeping Families Together Act to protect children from imminent harm from serious controlled substances in the... ...
Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen, R-Puyallup, went on KXL radio’s Lars Larson Show to talk about how drug policies in Washington are “killing people with kindness.” Jacobsen said she opposed House Bill... ...
Legislation aims to speed up sharing of overdose data for prevention and public health response. On Tuesday, the Washington State House of Representatives passed House Bill 2168, legislation sponsored by... ...
Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen, R-Puyallup, spoke on the House floor against House Bill 1574, relating her concerns to her own family. The bill expands legal protections for drug users, making it... ...
Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen tells KVI radio’s Ari Hoffman how the majority party is failing on public safety
Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen, R-Puyallup, went on the Ari Hoffman show to discuss important public safety issues that are stalling in Olympia. She discussed how the majority party isn’t prioritizing bills... ...
A public hearing was held on Tuesday afternoon in the House Health Care and Wellness Committee on legislation proposed by state Rep. Deb Manjarrez that would facilitate the rapid sharing... ...
With less than a week before the start of the 2026 session, Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, is building support for his bill to fix the unintended consequences of Washington’s Keeping... ...
Fentanyl and other deadly drugs continue to ravage neighborhoods across Seattle and Washington state. A recent decision by newly elected Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson to allow open use of dangerous... ...
The Legislature adjourned at the end of April, but I learned quickly that there is never a dull moment in the life of a legislator. This interim, I have been... ...
Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, visited Cascade Community Healthcare’s soon-to-open crisis relief center in Centralia this week, getting an early look at a new regional resource designed to strengthen behavioral health... ...
State Reps. Hunter Abell, R-Inchelium, and Andrew Engell, R-Colville, from Washington’s 7th Legislative District, took a short trip north this week to the US/Canadian border to strengthen ties with their... ...
On Sept. 20, 1982, my sister Debra was just 15 years old when she was murdered by the Green River Killer. My family clung to the promise of justice, but... ...
‘For decades, appointments have dominated how our highest courts are filled. That’s not the people’s court—that’s the governor’s court,’ says Abell Rep. Hunter Abell, R-Inchelium, says the governor’s upcoming appointment... ...
Reports within the last year have shown youth drug overdoses have quadrupled since 2019, and the state’s newborn drug exposure rates are nearly double the national average. According to the... ...
Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, joins KING 5 to detail the dramatic and concerning increase in deaths and near deaths in children under the supervision of the Washington State Department of... ...
Today, members of House Republican leadership sent the following letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson and Department of Children, Youth, and Families Secretary Tana Senn, urging immediate action to prevent the... ...
Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, sits down with FOX 13’s David Rose to detail his years-long effort to change House Bill 1227, known as the Keeping Families Together Act, to stop... ...