Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, is one of 32 legislators being honored in October by the Washington Policy Center.

Hobbs will receive the WPC's Champion of Freedom Award for his advocacy on behalf of establishing charter schools in Washington state.

“We are honored to recognize these legislative champions of charter schools in our state who helped make the case to reform education and put the issue before our state’s citizens this fall,” said WPC President  Dann Mead Smith.

This latest honor for Hobbs comes on the heels of recognition he received from the Children’s Alliance last week for his work in protecting Apple Health for Kids, the state’s health care program for children, and for successfully fighting to include funding in the budget to help more children of color have access to health care.