Rodney Tom

Sen. Rodney Tom, a Bellevue Democrat and vice-chairman of the Senate's budget-writing Ways and Means Committee, appeared on TVW's Inside Olympia program Thursday to discuss the state's budget situation following the release of a new revenue forecast. Check it out below....

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Below you'll find video of Sen. Rodney Tom, a Bellevue Democrat and vice chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Ross Hunter, a Medina Democrat and chairman of the House Finance Committee, holding court with reporters after the adoption of a new revenue forecast on Thursday....

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Friends and neighbors, Before I get to the updates this week, I want to alert you to the fact that, due to election year restrictions that kick in Dec. 1, I will be unable to send these legislative updates to you during our upcoming 2010 legislative session unless you ask for them. To keep receiving...

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The Eastside's 48th Legislative District is one of the state's most dynamic. It's home to Microsoft, one of the original Costco stores and distinctive waterfront views. In this video, Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, gives you a tour of the district and talks about what makes it tick.

OLYMPIA -- With his wife and parents looking on, the Washington State Transportation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday morning to rename the I-405 bridge over 116 th Street in Kirkland the Kollin Nielson Memorial Bridge. Nielson was a 30-year-old engineer working on the 405 widening project when he...

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With the possibility for flooding in the Green River Valley this winter projected to be one in four, Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, took to the skies today to survey areas that are most threatened. In the video below he tells you what he learned.

Sen. Rodney Tom, a Bellevue Democrat and vice chairman of the budget writing Ways and Means Committee, appeared on the Dori Monson Show this week to talk about the prospect of using new taxes to plug what appears to be a $1.2 billion budget gap come January.

You can find the program here. Scroll in 6 minutes and 45 seconds in to find the interview.

“Just like last year we’re going to be putting together a budget that will be an all cuts budget and then we’ll see where different groups and the citizens of Washington are and if those are the cuts they want us to make,” Tom said.

OLYMPIA — State Sen. Rodney Tom is spearheading an effort to rename a new I-405 bridge in Kirkland for a construction worker who died after being struck by a drunk driver while working on the highway widening project in 2007. Kollin Nielson, 30, left behind a wife and a young son. Sen. Tom, D-Bellevue...

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Sen. Rodney Tom, a Bellevue Democrat and vice chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairwoman Kelli Linville, D-Bellingham, held court with reporters following this morning’s release of a new state revenue forecast. Here, Tom and Linville discuss the...

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