Folks in the 31st Legislative District have a chance to help advance legislation that would provide funding for affordable homes, but we need to act quickly. Our 31st LD Rep. Drew Stokesbary sits on the House Finance committee. HB 2437 “Encouraging investments in affordable and supportive housing” is scheduled for…
Health care uncertainty is growing in Washington State, but the Legislature is poised to do something about that in 2018. The Affordable Care Act, surviving despite recent efforts by the current Republican administration and Congress to weaken or kill it, nonetheless leaves half a million people in Washington State without…
I traveled to Olympia to testify at a hearing in favor of Senate Bill 6203 – “Reducing carbon pollution by moving to a clean energy economy.” This bill (introduced by Gov. Jay Inslee) will move us in the right direction on climate by placing a cost on CO2 pollution, investing…
This month I am choosing some titles that I found thought provoking. These are books written by people from parts of America other than main stream. There are books written by and about Native Americans, Black culture in America, growing up in Appalachia and growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa.…
