News Team | March 26, 2011
Jordan Schrader, TNT | 3-26-2011 The Legislature has agreed to end poll voting in Washington. A measure that would close the polls in the last holdout – Pierce County – passed the House on Friday on a largely partisan 52-43 vote that sends it to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her signature……… Read More
News Team | March 18, 2011
Washington House Republicans | 3-18-2011 Rep. Jan Angel was honored this week as the Northwest Region Legislator of the Year at a recognition reception by the Washington Association of Vocational Administrators. The organization awarded Angel for “promoting and supporting the efforts and value of career and technical education within the legislative processes and venues throughout [...]
News Team | March 8, 2011
Rob McKenna, | 3-8-2011 Congressional supporters of the health reform act had plenty of warning that, however good its intentions, the bill was venturing into unprecedented legal ground. The accusations are as insidious as they are inaccurate. An e-mail was circulated earlier this month by a member of Congress accusing me of trying to “wipe [...]
News Team | February 3, 2011
Sam Reed, Washington State Secretary of State | 2-03-2011 Listen to Secretary of State Sam Reed describe in-depth his 2011 legislative package. It covers four elections-related bills: •Moving the state’s Primary date to early August to help military and overseas voters, and allowing such voters to use fax or e-mail to return their ballots (SB [...]
News Team | January 18, 2011
Manuel Valdes, Asoociated Press| 1-18-2011 OLYMPIA – Lawmakers were pressed Monday to quickly act on two bills that Gov. Chris Gregoire’s office says will save hundreds of millions of dollars for businesses and help spur the state’s economy. But labor organizations are opposing…… Read More
News Team | January 17, 2011
Katie Schmidt, The Olympian | 1-17-2011 Good morning. Today is Monday, the eighth day of the 105-day session. “That’s very real. There’s a very real sense that in difficult times like now, we’re all in this together and the public really expects us not to focus on our partisan differences…… Read More
News Team | January 17, 2011
Jordan Schrader, TNT Political Buzz | 1-17-2011 Good morning on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and on the eighth day of the 105-day session. There was no formal legislative activity over the weekend. This week, expect negotiations to continue over the remaining budget shortfall in the current fiscal year. Lawmakers passed…… Read More
News Team | January 14, 2011
Peter Callaghan, TNT Political Buzz | 1-14-2011 One day after a Senate committee went behind closed doors for what was dubbed a “joint caucus,” Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown said the practice would not reoccur…… Read More
News Team | January 4, 2011
Peter Callaghan, TNT Political Buzz | 1-04-2011 The leaders of the House and Senate Republican caucuses tapped former members of the Washington state Legislature to represent the GOP on the commission that will draw congressional and legislative lines. But the Senate appointee has a much-longer political resume than that. Former U.S. senator and former state [...]
News Team | January 4, 2011
Washington State House Republicans | 1-04-2011 The House Republican Caucus today announced its committee assignments for the 2011 and 2012 legislative sessions, including ranking (lead) Republicans committees. They will be…… Read More