Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

We are in the final few weeks of this year’s legislative session, which should end on time on April 23. This week the April 4...

As Sine Die approaches, action on bills received from the opposite house continues at a brisk pace. And bills (balls) continue bouncing. As mentioned earlier,...

What an amazing week of advocacy here in our Washington and in the “other” Washington, our nation’s capital. Our 12 principals arrived just in time...

As important deadlines are past and/or upcoming, negotiations between leadership, caucus members, and legislators of the opposite party are occurring behind closed doors. Those outside...

The Senate budget proposal has been released. The House proposal is yet to come. The big-ticket items have been covered earlier in this TWIO. The...

This was another full week in the Legislature with jam-packed agendas in committee hearings, a bit of floor action sprinkled here and there, and plenty...

March can feel like a long and busy month in schools, and it is the same in the Legislature. This week, there were lots of...

The revenue forecast is set to be released on the afternoon of March 20th. Budget releases and hearings follow shortly after. Therein lies the importance...

The deadline for bills to pass their house of origin has passed. Committee agendas are now full of hearings on bills from the opposing house....