Happy July 1st! Many Americans are exhaling in relief today as June, now celebrated as “Pride Month”, in every part of government, education systems, corporations and even many religious institutions, comes to a close. We should have learned by now that the queer...
Cultural Competency Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Not Academic Excellence *By Joy Gjersvold If it seems as though the focus of public education in Washington has shifted away from academic excellence, you aren’t imagining things. As a former public education teacher...
A public school teacher's perspective on SB 5462 *Guest post written by Washington public middle school teacher on CLW's Legislative Action Team Here we are. Column Number Three. I started writing this before Governor Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5462 into law...
Washington democrats have not just legalized abortion, they’ve made it protected healthcare for minor children (of no minimum age), they’ve removed all cost sharing (so either Medicaid pays or your insurance company foots the entirety of the bill), they’re forcing...
Week 4 is sure to be another game of "legislative whack-a-mole." Wednesday is session cutoff, so the committees will be working fast and furiously to move their favored bills out of the house of origin. There will be fewer public hearings as the committees focus on...
HB 2459: The Public Investment Impact Disclosure Act is a proposed bill that would require the attorney general to prepare a public investment impact disclosure for any ballot measure that affects state revenue and services.
We're already in week 3 of Washington 2024 legislative session - but it feels like week 8! It's been a sprint and a serious game of "whack-a-mole legislation." You guys are doing awesome in taking action and making your voices heard in Olympia. THANK YOU and KEEP...
Last session Conservative Ladies testified in opposition to SB 5209 on January 31st in the Senate State Government & Elections Committee. We believe this bill interferes with our First Amendment Rights. This bill would establish “universal civic duty voting,” which would require citizens to vote, by law. Of course, we think all citizens who are legally eligible to vote should exercise this duty and privilege. However, we do not believe it should be mandated and this law would create an “opt OUT” system, rather than opt in. A citizen would have to submit a waiver in order to get out of their “legal” obligation to cast a ballot.
The first week of Washington's short 2024 legislative session is almost complete and it's been a doozy! We've seen a lot of bad policy proposed and more to come in week 2. But we are so encouraged by the thousands of you who have taken action on so many bills just in...
Tuesday, January 16th will be a big day in the House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee as they have a full agenda with bills to demolish what's left of your 2nd Amendment rights in Washington state. CALL TO ACTION Scroll through the bills and click on each red...
