OLYMPIA – Elizabeth Busch-Conway recently served as a page for the Washington State Senate during the 2024 legislative session. Sen. Steve Conway (D-Tacoma) sponsored her time at the Legislature.
Busch-Conway, 14, is ...
Read MoreOLYMPIA – Elizabeth Busch-Conway recently served as a page for the Washington State Senate during the 2024 legislative session. Sen. Steve Conway (D-Tacoma) sponsored her time at the Legislature.
Busch-Conway, 14, is ...
Read MoreWith the short, 60-day 2024 legislative session underway, I wanted to take a moment and tell you about a few of the bills I’m sponsoring this year: National Guard Recruitment Our state and country rely so much on the men and women of our National Guard. In times of crisis, natural disasters, the pandemic and other emergencies, the Guard is always ready ...
Read MoreThe Washington State Senate has one of the best Page programs in the country and applications for 2024 just opened up! This is an exciting program which allows many young Washingtonians to get a closer look at the civic process and learn firsthand about state government and the Legislature. Pages are students aged 14 through 16 who serve for one ...
Read MoreI’m excited to tell you about a few honors I’ve received for some of the issues I worked on during the 2023 legislative session. We’ve all heard about the challenges facing our workforce in our state and beyond, our state’s adult family home community was not immune from this issue either. I worked this session to ensure that vulnerable adults have ...
Read MoreOur public employees dedicate their lives to helping others. It’s important than when it comes time to help them, we keep our promises. Sen. Steve Conway recently was honored by The Retired Public Employees Council with that organization’s Legislative Champion Award. The recognition is given to lawmakers who protect the retirement security of retired state, county, city, and local government employees. Conway ...
Read MoreI had a wonderful time this week meeting with 4th graders from Arlington Elementary School and was really impressed with all of their questions. They spent the day on a tour of our beautiful capitol building and campus and learning about the legislative process and how what we do here impacts them in both their classroom and community. They asked me a ...
Read MoreWe're holding our first in-person town hall in several years and I really hope you can join our meeting! Please bring your questions and comments for me and Rep. Sharlett Mena about the 2023 legislative session, or any other issue impacting you and our community. We'll be at the Tacoma Firefighters Hall #31 from 10 am until noon on Saturday, ...
Read MoreWith the 2023 Legislative Session moving fast, I thought it would be beneficial for me to keep a list of the bills I’m sponsoring this year to help our community. Things change fast, so check back here often to see what bills are moving and what bills will have to wait until next year. Here are the bills I’m sponsoring that are ...
Read MoreI have some wonderful news for families in our community! The Working Families Tax Credit is live and for families that qualify, this credit could provide up to a $1,200 cash refund. Approximately 400,000 households in our state may be eligible. To find out if your family is one of them, please follow this link to visit the Department of ...
Read MoreLegislative work continues year round, and if my office can ever assist you with an issue or a question about most anything impacting you, your family or our South Tacoma community, you can find all of our contact information here. While our work for you will continue, the way we communicate will change for the next several months. Because of ...
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