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The 3rd Legislative District’s delegation will hold a mobile office event at the Emerson Garfield Farmer’s Market from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20. Sen. Andy Billig and Reps. Timm Ormsby and Marcus Riccelli will give constituents a ...

With three minutes to spare before the midnight deadline, the 2019 Legislature adjourned last night. This is the first time in a decade the Legislature has completed a 105-day session on time. We adopted a responsible and forward-looking two-year operating budget that ...

The Senate introduced its budget proposals late last week. The capital budget, which is our jobs and infrastructure plan, provides funds to rebuild a suspension bridge in Riverfront Park, design a new university building at WSU-Spokane, and help build the ...

Friday was the first cutoff day of this legislative session. All bills not voted out of their policy committee by Friday are dead for this session. This is part of the legislative whittling process that takes the 1,000-plus bills that ...

Sen. Billig and Reps. Ormsby and Riccelli of the 3rd Legislative District will give a brief update on the 2019 legislative session on Tuesday. Who: State Sen. Andy Billig, State Reps. Timm Ormsby and Marcus Riccelli What: Telephone town hall ...

OLYMPIA – Despite the Trump administration move this week to end federal requirements for non-profit organizations to disclose names of large donors to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Washington state will continue to shine light on dark money, Sen. Andy ...

Senate budgets On Friday, the Senate passed its proposed supplemental operating, transportation and capital budgets. The Senate budgets are responsible and balanced, with services and projects that deliver for Spokane and the entire state. Here are a few highlights: Operating ...

OLYMPIA – Having passed the 2017 capital budget early this session after nearly a year’s delay, the Senate passed a supplemental capital budget today to add additional investments in much-needed construction and renovation projects. The supplemental budget invests $300 million more ...

OLYMPIA – Sen. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, Rep. Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane, and Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, released the following statement in response to the tragic shooting today at Freeman High School: “We are shocked and saddened by the shooting that occurred ...