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The 2020 legislative session has ended. The final gavel went down the evening of Thursday, March 12. It was an anticlimactic finish this year due to the concerns, fears, and unknowns...
My goal, each and every session, is to ensure the policies we pass in the Legislature have a positive impact on our district. We know that some policies are more of...
It's budget time as we near the final weeks of the 2020 session. The House supplemental operating, transportation, and capital budgets have been released, heard and passed through their committees, and...
Rep. Bill Jenkin, R-Prosser, sits down to talk all things budgets in this video update. He speaks on his efforts to find funding in the House supplemental capital budget for flood...
It's been non-stop floor action the past week or so here in Olympia. We've reached House of Origin cutoff. Any policy bill that didn't pass its respective chamber is now considered...
I'll be co-hosting a town hall event with my fellow colleagues from the 8th Legislative District – Reps. Brad Klippert and Matt Boehnke, and Sen. Sharon Brown – in Richland. This...
Time flies! It's hard to believe we're halfway through our 60-day session. It's policy and fiscal cutoff time – our first major deadlines. What this means is any bill that wasn't...
In this video update, Rep. Bill Jenkin, R-Prosser, sits down and discusses the first major deadline of the 2020 session – policy cutoff. He also talks about some of the committee...
Our values and principles are what set the foundation for how we live our lives. This session, my caucus has come up with three key principles that are in line with...
Would you agree with the statement that our communities and state are becoming more and more unaffordable? Parts of our state are experiencing economic prosperity, while others continue to face challenges....
