Last week’s big news that the logjam finally broke on legislation to address the Hirst decision meant that Washington State would also get a capital...Read More

Thursday night, legislators passed two top priority measures in both the House and Senate – a compromise on Hirst and the capital budget. The Hirst...Read More

With the passing of Hirst related bill SSB 6091 out of committee, and planned floor action on the capital budget scheduled for either Wednesday or Thursday...Read More

Water is one of the most important issues in Olympia in 2017, a status that is likely to continue for a long while.  In 2018,...Read More

Senators Judy Warnick and Jim Honeyford welcomed news that House Democrats have planned a work session Dec. 12 to discuss the Hirst water rights court...Read More

The Building Industry Association of Washington released a comprehensive report detailing the potential economic impacts of the state Supreme Court’s flawed Hirst decision. Rep. David Taylor,...Read More

After months of negotiations ended with no solution to address the contentious issue of water rights and rural development in response to the Supreme Court...Read More

The State Legislature has reached an agreement on the capital budget. Senate Republicans were holding the capital budget hostage until an agreement was reached on...Read More

For all the enthusiasm I hear from my party about saving endangered species, I wish there was a little more sympathy for the most endangered...Read More

For the third time, legislation that would reverse the Hirst Decision has passed out of the Senate. Senate Bill 5239 seeks to reverse the Hirst Decision,...Read More