2021 session recap: More taxes, more climate mandates, emergency powers, and major police reform   By Rep. Skyler Rude, Rep. Mark Klicker and Sen. Perry Dozier   The final gavel has dropped, and it’s been a long and often difficult process because of such an unusual year created by COVID 19. We have enjoyed representing and serving the people of the 16 district and... Read More...

In Olympia, an over-the-top budget proposal targets the middle class The following op-ed appeared in the Prosser Record-Bulletin, Dayton Chronicle and other newspapers during the week of April 5, 2021. I want to give my Democratic colleagues in the state Legislature credit. In a year when state coffers are overflowing and there is no financial emergency – still they have... Read More...