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It wasn’t an easy road, but after a special session in December, the 60-day regular session and another 31 days in special session, the Legislature finally broke through the one-party... ...

April 26, 2012

The Legislature adjourned April 11, 2012 after a marathon 24-hour finish and agreement on operating and capital budgets as well as a series of government reform bills. It has been... ...

April 26, 2012

2012 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW BUDGET AND JOBS It is good to be back home in the Spokane Valley after the Legislature adjourned early Wednesday morning, April 11, following an all-day and... ...

April 26, 2012

The Legislature adjourned April 11, 2012, after a marathon 24-hour finish and agreement on operating and capital budgets and a series of reform bills. It has been many years and... ...

April 25, 2012

The 2012 legislative sessions finally came to an end on April 11, after 24 hours of voting, a 60-day regular session and 31 days of two special sessions. In this time,...

April 20, 2012

It was very refreshing to work in the Legislature when a bipartisan budget and reforms were negotiated. Many of you have likely heard me talk about my concerns with closed-door meetings...

April 20, 2012

The Legislature completed its work early last Wednesday morning and hopefully state lawmakers will not return to Olympia until January 2013.

April 16, 2012

At last the Legislature finished its work at 7:28 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Legislators pulled an all-nighter and passed the budget in the early hours on Wednesday. I voted against... ...

April 13, 2012

The second 2012 special session ended Wednesday morning around 7:30 a.m. after almost 24 hours of negotiations and voting. I am happy to be back home in Dayton. We worked... ...

April 12, 2012

I would like to invite you to my telephone town hall meeting tomorrow – Tuesday, April 10. Our community conversation will begin at 6:00 p.m. and end at 7:00 p.m.... ...

April 9, 2012