Dear 11th District constituents, After one regular legislative session and two special sessions, and scant hours from the end of the fiscal year and the shutdown in public services that would ensue without a new operating budget, we finally reached ...
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Sine Die II (Quasi Die) Dear 11th District Constituents, Sine Die is the Latin phrase the Legislature uses to mean the end of session. We adjourned the 1st Special Session Sine Die last Tuesday, still without a budget, even though ...
Read MoreDear 11th District constituents, Budget negotiations here in Olympia make the sport of watching grass grow feel like an Olympic event. So what’s the hang-up with budget negotiations? There’s a fundamental difference between Democratic and Republican goals. Democrats want to ...
Read MoreSen. Bob Hasegawa took the Senate floor today to explain how a Republican proposal to change worker compensation would shift business costs onto the taxpaying public.
Read MoreSen. Bob Hasegawa took to the Senate floor today to make the case to fully fund education but not in a way that comes at the expense of other vital services.
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