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We're rounding the final corner of week two here in Olympia. We continue our committee work and receiving public testimony on the bills brought before us. Already, over 1,000 bills have...

Rep. Bill Jenkin, R-Prosser, provides his first video update from Olympia. He discusses top legislative priorities for the 2020 session: affordable housing, education, and NO new taxes. Learn more by watching...

We're off and running! The 2020 legislative session officially started on Monday. The next 60-days will be fast and furious as we debate and vote on policy. Our primary task in...

It's hard to believe we are quickly approaching the end of 2019. Where has the time gone? The Legislature will be entering the 2020 legislative session in just two months, on...

Can you believe it's already fall? Time sure does fly. Since the final gavel closed the 2019 session, I've been home, hard at work for you. I've spent the summer traveling...

The power of constituency is a key component in the legislative process in Olympia. Sixteenth District Rep. Bill Jenkin, R-Prosser, saw how beneficial his constituents' voices are through a trio of...

Now that the 105-day legislative session in Olympia has concluded, I've re-opened my district office in Pasco. It's great to be home and back in our beautiful district. Being accessible to...

Now that the 105-day legislative session in Olympia has concluded, Rep. Bill Jenkin has re-opened his district office in Pasco. “It's great to be home and back in our beautiful district....

As featured in the Dayton Chronicle and Prosser Record-Bulletin One thing we can always count on, in good times and bad: there will always be pressure on the state Legislature to...

OLYMPIA – A $1.75 million appropriation for the Blue Mountain Action Council was among projects approved for the 16th Legislative District in the capital budget passed by Washington lawmakers Sunday. Other...