Dear Neighbors, With the elections over, we are now in full preparation mode for the upcoming 2010 session. This week’s newsletter discusses some of the issues that I am sure will be of the utmost importance during our 60-day session. First, however, I want to invite you to an event in which I...
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Statement from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles on Boeing moving the second line of 787 to South Carolina
Wednesday, October 28 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
“Today is a very disappointing day for Washington. I had great hope that in the end Boeing and the Machinists would come to an agreement that resulted in providing thousands of new jobs for our state. “As chair of the Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection Committee, I know how...
Statement from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles on the state of talks between Boeing and the Machinists
Wednesday, October 28 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
“As chair of the Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection Committee, I know that Boeing is a critical part of Washington’s economy. Our state and Boeing have had a mutually beneficial relationship that has paid dividends for Boeing, our workers, their families and our economy for...
Blog: Continuing to tour the viaduct
Wednesday, October 14 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
Friday afternoon, Reps. Carlyle and Dickerson and I hosted the second in a series of hands-on community tours exploring the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project. More than 30 community members and representatives from stakeholder groups attended the event, which focused on the central waterfront and...
Op-ed: An honest discussion about workers' compensation
Tuesday, October 13 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
Today an op-ed written Sen. Kohl-Welles and Rep. Conway on our state's workers' compensation program was published in the Seattle Times. It can be found here . By Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Steve Conway What if you were told you could sign up for a health-insurance plan whose premiums have increased...
Blog: Extending sales tax to candy and gum could help close the budget gap
Tuesday, October 06 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
The following blog was originally posted at seattlepi.com and can be found here. A forthcoming report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Taxing Sugared Beverages Would Help Trim State Budget Deficits, Consumers’ Bulging Waistlines, and Health Care Costs, suggests that taxing sugared...
Oct. 5th E-Newsletter
Monday, October 05 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
Dear Neighbors, I’m currently in Chicago for a youth violence summit after finishing up a busy week in Olympia for our fall Assembly Days. One of the hot topics in the committee that I chair, the Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection Committee, was the proposed workers’ compensation...
Video: Rick Steves visit the Capitol
Monday, October 05 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles discuses travel journalist and drug reform advocate Rick Steves' visit to the Capitol. Kohl-Welles is the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 5615 which reclassifies possession of forty grams or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction....
Live Blogging Assembly Days
Friday, October 02 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
Follow today's events here.
News: 36th legislative delegation to host public meeting on health reform
Thursday, October 01 2009 - Jeanne Kohl-Welles | Permalink
OLYMPIA — Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Reps. Mary Lou Dickerson and Reuven Carlyle invite their constituents to a town hall with Sen. Karen Keiser , chair of the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee, and Rep. Eileen Cody , chair of the House Health Care & Wellness Committee. Keiser and...