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We just got done voting on nearly 40 amendments to the majority party's supplemental operating budget proposal. It's one of three supplemental budgets we'll need to adopt before session ends on...
The 2018 legislative session is in full swing! We are now in the third week of this short, 60-day session, and there is a lot of work to do. Policy cutoff...
With the 2018 legislative session just two months away, legislators will be convening at the Capitol next week to hear policy briefings from government agencies, staff, and various industries. As we...
Although it took 172 days and three special sessions, I’m happy to report the Legislature has adopted a strong, bipartisan 2017-19 operating budget. The $43.7 billion spending plan makes historic investments...
As you may have heard, budget negotiators were unable to come to an agreement on the 2017-19 operating budget before the end of the regular session on April 23. As a...
Since my last update, House and Senate committees have been meeting every day to consider bills that were advanced out of the opposite chamber earlier this session. Wednesday marked opposite house...
We are now more than halfway through the 2017 legislative session. Today, we picked up right where we left off last week, spending a full day on the House floor voting...
We are a little more than one month into the 2017 legislative session, and our first major deadline is almost here. As of 5 p.m. tonight, all bills that do not...
Rep. Melanie Stambaugh, R-Puyallup, has been appointed to the 2016 School Safety Summit.
Rep. Melanie Stambaugh has introduced legislation creating a competitive grant program to encourage college faculty to accelerate the adoption of lower-cost, high-quality open educational resources.
