On Monday, January 19, both the House and Senate honored the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by adopting resolutions on the floor. Following those ceremonies, the second week of session brought public hearings on several high-profile issues,...
On Monday, Jan. 12, the state legislature kicked off the 2026 supplemental session. The week started with both the House and Senate holding opening ceremonies. On Tuesday, Governor Bob Ferguson presented his State of the State address in a joint legislative session....
Following nearly eight months of interim, it is time for legislators to head back to Olympia for the 2026 legislative session, which starts on Monday, January, 12, 2026. Â Â The legislature spends the first half of the 60-day legislative session biennium passing the...
Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting Only two weeks remain in the 2025 legislative session. Last week, legislators focused their attention on moving legislation through fiscal...
Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting The 2025, 105-day legislative session is on its final stretch. April 2 was the cutoff where all bills that passed their chamber of origin...
Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting The legislature has now passed the half-way point of the 105-day session. As we approach the March 12 house of origin cutoff, some bills will...
Despite a decade of increasing state revenue, overspending by state officials has left us with a projected $15 billion budget deficit over the next four years. This deficit is not due...
Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting The legislature now has less than 40 days remaining in the 2025 session. Bills must now move forward in the opposite chamber, progressing...
This week the legislature cleared a major hurdle, the House of Origin Cutoff. March 12 was the deadline for bills to move out of the chamber in which they were introduced. This year,...
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The Washington Roundtable, Association of Washington Business, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Greater Spokane Inc. issued the following...
Last week in Olympia was marked by a full slate of committee hearings, executive sessions, and floor action. The first major cutoff is Wednesday, Feb. 4, when bills (except those...
Today's featured members, Terry Gach and Jordan Hmaidan, Co Leaders of DC Live Productions, says DC Live Productions has 30 years of history supporting events across the Puget Sound...
On Monday, January 19, both the House and Senate honored the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by adopting resolutions on the floor. Following those ceremonies, the...
Today’s featured member, Shantel Patu, Executive Director of Urban Family, says Urban Family is a Black-led, community-rooted nonprofit dedicated to advancing economic mobility,...
On Monday, Jan. 12, the state legislature kicked off the 2026 supplemental session. The week started with both the House and Senate holding opening ceremonies. On Tuesday, Governor...
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