WAITSBURG… Sen. Perry Dozier today said he is elated that the Prescott School District is no longer facing dissolution and is on a clear path to get out of a financial hole caused by years of undisclosed mismanagement. A petition to dissolve the district had been filed Jan. 12 by...

Click here or on the image for my video report about the fine print in the state income-tax bill passed by the Senate majority, and whether a few other controversial bills survived the first major deadline of the session.

Click here or on the image for my video report about two of the issues that were before us this week — two voter initiatives and the proposed state income tax. Dear Neighbors, I’ll briefly follow up my video report with some extra detail about Senate Bill 6346, which would...

My report from week 2 of our 60-day legislative session This is a courtesy copy of an email bulletin sent by Site Admin. This bulletin was sent to the following groups of people: Subscribers of 2025 e-mail list (28794 recipients) View this as a webpage Jan. 24, 2026 Dear Neighbors,...

Dear Neighbors, My previous report mentioned how it wasn’t too soon to start preparing for next year’s legislative session. I’ll share a couple of examples of how that is happening, and other issues that have been keeping me busy on behalf of people and communities in our 16th District. But...

Governor signs off on the largest tax increase in state history Dear Neighbor, Admittedly, the odds were not good that Governor Ferguson would buck his fellow Democrats in the state Legislature by vetoing any of the tax increases they approved in April, in support of the new state operating budget....

WAITSBURG… Sen. Perry Dozier is dismayed by today’s signing of legislation that immediately undermines Washington’s highly popular parental-rights law, created in 2024 after the Waitsburg Republican had tried for years to put a similar law into place. The law created by House Bill 1296 eliminates important rights that had been...

On the final day of its 2025 session, the Legislature approved the 2025-27 state capital budget, with the two Senate Republicans who helped develop this budget praising it for addressing needs throughout Washington. “I’m pleased that the capital budget passed by the Legislature addresses many needs throughout the state,” said...

The Senate today unanimously approved its version of the 2025-27 state capital budget, with the Republicans who helped develop the spending plan praising it for addressing needs throughout Washington. “What we have is a capital budget for the entire state,” said 9th District Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, the lead Republican for...