It’s my favorite time of the year – session is here! Since it’s the second session, bills from last year are still active, and a lot of new legislation is coming across the floor.
New Session, New Bill, New Staff Read More »
Happy Halloween! I hope you have a safe and spooky weekend.
Trick-or-Legislative Update Read More »
The October weather has me binging too many shows at night. Thus the titles in this week’s newsletter. (I apologize for nothing.)
The rainy, windy weather is a good time for long meetings indoors (ideally with a hot cup of coffee). But I got out of the office—and out of town—to Sitka for Southeast Conference and the Village Public Safety Officer graduation at the Public Safety Academy.
The rain is back, sure, but the silvers are still running and there’s plenty of outdoor fun left to be had. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
No Failure to Prepare Read More »
Happy Labor Day! My sunburn and I plan on grilling Monday, and I hope you get out with friends as well. Before we all celebrate, some updates on recent legislative labors.
On Saturday the bells rang to call us into special session. The legislature completed just about all our work by the May deadline, but we didn’t get to turn in veto overrides early.
This newsletter comes to you from Bellevue where I’m at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region conference. It’s four valuable days talking and learning about shared issues and opportunities in front of America’s five northwestern states and Canada’s western provinces & territories. I do keep having to remind the Canadians they’re our eastern neighbor, not our northern
Good Laws & Bad Regs Read More »
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Happy Fourth of July! Do take some time with family and friends to celebrate. (Lots of details on Independence Day festivities in the events section below.)
Independence Day Edition! Read More »
In the chaotic tangle of the legislative session, things can go awry. Last week’s theme might just have been ‘righting the ship..
Fixing Some Foul Ups Read More »
