Ross Hunter

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  • Budget Negotiations to Start Monday

    Budget Negotiations to Start Monday

    We’re now entering the budget negotiation phase of the session. The Senate and House are in pretty significantly different places. The top level difference is only about a billion dollars, but the underlying differences are much greater than that. We need to come to agreement by Wednesday the 22nd to be able to get the…

  • Timely Advice from 4th Graders

    Timely Advice from 4th Graders

    This week’s gem is particularly timely as we are about to spend the next two weeks debating bills on the floor and arguing about budgets. The advice comes from Linda Myrick’s 4th graders at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue.

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 8

    Advice from 4th Graders – Week 8

    I think I missed a week. This week’s advice card is also excellent. I’m sad I have to white out the names of the kids due to privacy laws. These cards are from the 4th graders in Linda Myrick’s civics club at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue.  

  • Debtors Prisons – Legal Financial Obligations

    Just before session started this year I had a chance to attend the Facing Race legislative forum. Hosted by several local and national organizations, it was a chance for me to hear stories and facts about a variety of social justice topics, including Legal Financial Obligations. Some of the repeating themes were how hard it…

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 7

    Advice from 4th Graders – Week 7

    I am really enjoying these posts from Linda Myrick’s 4th graders at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue. This particular piece needs broad circulation, and I will be sending it to all the members of the House. We have three more days of floor debate this week and the advice is very topical.

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 6

    Advice from 4th Graders – Week 6

    Really, really good advice from the 4th graders in Linda Myrick’s class at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue.

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 5

    Again, fabulous advice for State Legislators from Linda Myrick’s 4th grade class at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue. 

  • Gov. Inslee’s Carbon Pricing Model, Part 2

    Last week’s newsletter on Gov. Inslee’s Carbon Action Pricing Model got a lot of comments – about three times the normal amount. Thanks for reading it! The bill has arrived in the Appropriations committee and we will spend some time looking at it before taking action, so I have time to work through all the…

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 4

    More pearls of wisdom from 4th graders in Linda Myrick’s class at Somerset elementary in Bellevue. not sure if this is a McCleary reference, but it’s probably pretty good advice in general.

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 3

    Week three of the series “Advice for Legislators from 4th Graders” created by Linda Myrick’s class at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue.