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24 Mar
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State Democrats: GOP’s failure to repeal/replace ACA offers hope for many Washingtonians

The inability of congressional Republicans to pass a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is good news for Washingtonians, Democratic state lawmakers said today. The scheduled vote on the federal legislation stalled for a lack of ...

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24 Mar
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Cleveland amendment would apply equal pay rules to state contractors

State contractors employed by numerous state agencies would have to observe the requirements of the Senate’s proposed Equal Pay Opportunity Act as a result of an amendment adopted into the Senate’s proposed operating budget late Thursday. “Pay inequity has economic ...

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09 Mar
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Cleveland: The only path forward is across a new I-5 bridge

The Vancouver Business Journal today published an op-ed in which I make the case for a new bistate bridge connecting Vancouver to Portland. You can read the op-ed here.

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08 Mar
0

Cleveland: Levy cliff bill ‘removes a monstrous cloud’ over schools

Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, issued this statement today following the Senate’s passage of legislation to postpone the so-called levy cliff that would have resulted in massive budget cuts to K-12 schools across the state. “The passage of this legislation should ...

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