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Internship Opportunities!
I just got this mail from the Governor’s office and I’m hoping my thousands of loyal blog readers will pass this on to interested college and graduate students. The Governor’s Leadership Academy is a unique internship program for college and graduate students to gain a hands-on learning experience in the Governor’s office. The Inslee Administration…
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Background Checks and Guns in the Chamber
I recorded a video last week that describes my dissapointment at not passing HB 1588, a quite reasonable bill that would have required background checks on gun purchasers to ensure that we are not enabling felons or those with serious mental health or domestic violence issues to purchase guns. The bill has been written about extensively in…
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Town Hall Wrap
Another town hall meeting. I should go back on the calendar and count how many we’ve done. These have been fun over the years and we keep fiddling with the formula. This time we had a full room so we took questions on index card. I read the cards exactly, and I think I…
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Town Hall Meeting Saturday March 16, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 MEDIA ADVISORY Who: State Sen. Rodney Tom and state Reps. Cyrus Habib and Ross Hunter (48th Legislative District) What: Town hall meeting When: 10 a.m. – noon, Saturday, March 16 Where: Redmond City Hall, 15670 NE 85th St., Redmond Why: To meet with constituents to discuss issues and answer their questions…
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Education Bills and Background
Lots has been happening on the education front this year, though the most important thing is happening in closed rooms as the House and Senate work out their budget proposals. I sat on a school funding panel in front of the Washington State School Directors Association today with Sen. Bruce Dammeier (R- Puyallup), Rep. JT…
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Town Hall Meeting March 16
Join Rep. Ross Hunter with his colleagues, Rep. Cyrus Habib and Sen. Rodney Tom, for the next 48th Legislative District town hall meeting. We’ll cover lots of material and look forward to seeing you. Date: Saturday, March 16, 2013 Time: 10 a.m – noon Place: Redmond City Hall, Council Chamber (15670 NE 85th St Redmond,…
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Legislative “Progress” – Early March
Each Legislative session has a rythym all its own. This one is waiting expectantly for something to happen. I think you’ll see a flurry of activity towards the end of the month as budgets start to get released. At the beginning of the session I said we had three priorities this year: balancing the budget…
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Helping Foster Kids Launch
Investigate West published awesome investigative journalism on what happens to foster children when they “age out” of our system at age 18. As a parent I’m quite proud of my kids who are both in the 19-21 age group. They are in the process of separating from their parental units and require less and less…