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Senate passes final transportation budget

Today the state Senate passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5352, the final version of the 2009-11 transportation budget. Sen. Mike Hewitt, R-Walla Walla, commented on the bill when it passed today....

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Eastsider’s Report – March 25, 2011

We are now just one month away from the end of the 2011 legislative session. Today was the date for Senate policy committees to pass House bills – measures that must be heard in the Ways and Means and...

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Eastsider’s Report – April 22, 2011

The 2011 legislative session has now come to an end. However, because the 2011-13 operating budget and the policy bills associated with it are not yet complete, the Legislature will be coming back...

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Eastsider’s Report – April 29, 2011

The 2011 special legislative session began on Tuesday. The Senate spent the week voting on bills, and the Senate Ways and Means Committee held hearings on several measures related to the budget....

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Eastsider’s Report – Jan. 13, 2012

The 2012 legislative session got underway Monday. Although a number of committees have been meeting this week, the most important Senate committee – the budget-writing committee – did not hold...

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Eastsider’s Report – March 9, 2012

Yesterday the Legislature ended its 2012 regular session. Although many of my colleagues and I pushed hard for the Legislature to focus on the budget and enact much-needed reforms, the majority party...

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Eastsider’s Report – April 18, 2012

The 2012 legislative session and special sessions that followed came to a close April 11. The biggest – and in my view, the most encouraging – news to come out of the session was the formation of a...

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Slew of Hewitt bills receive public hearings starting today

Ten bills introduced by Sen. Mike Hewitt are scheduled for public hearings this week. The bills are being considered in advance of Friday’s cutoff date for bills to be approved by policy committees in...

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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – March 1

In this week’s edition of the Eastsider’s report, Senator Hewitt gives his take on the Supreme Court’s ruling that a two-thirds threshold for approval of new taxes is unconstitutional and the...

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16th District residents encouraged to attend Tri-Cities transportation forum

On Thursday, Sept. 26, the transportation tour led by the Senate’s Majority Coalition Caucus will make its stop in southeast Washington at the Columbia Basin College in Pasco. The goal of the forums is...

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