Note: This e-newsletter was distributed to Sen. Shelly Short’s subscribers on April 10, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Shelly Short’s e-newsletters, click here. Staff and well-wishers crowded the Senate floor April 27 as we adjourned our 2025 legislative session. Dear Friends and Neighbors, In 2025, the Washington Legislature made history,...

OLYMPIA – Bills prompted by the exponential growth of wolf populations in Northeastern Washington and the related increase in predation have been signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson. The bills, sponsored by Sen. Shelly Short, continue funding for a wildlife specialist in Northeastern Washington and earmark a share of...

Note: The following op-ed appeared in the Stevens County Times, May 2025 edition. By Sen. Shelly Short, Rep. Hunter Abell and Rep. Andrew Engell After 105 days in Olympia, our 2025 legislative session ended right on schedule on April 27. That may be the best thing we can say about...

The following op-ed appeared in the Cheney Free Press and other newspapers the week of April 27, 2025. Sen. Shelly Short, Cheney Free Press When the state Legislature began its 2025 legislative session, a Senate Democrat mistakenly e-mailed a strategy memo to the entire membership, outlining her pitch for the...

OLYMPIA – Three bills introduced by Sen. Shelly Short in Washington’s just-finished 2025 legislative session have been approved by lawmakers and have been sent to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. The bills address problems related to the exponential growth of wolf populations in Short’s 7th Legislative District and...

Note: This e-newsletter was distributed to Sen. Shelly Short’s subscribers on April 10, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Shelly Short’s e-newsletters, click here. See speech by clicking here or on video above. When the budget came up for a vote on the Senate floor March 29, I pointed out that...

7th District lawmakers join in telephone town hall meeting from Olympia: Rep. Andrew Engell, right, Rep, Hunter Abell, center, Sen. Shelly Short, right.  Legislators from the 7th Legislative District recently held their annual telephone town hall, and they say it was was once again a wild success. “We had terrific...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Shelly Short’s subscribers March 29, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Short’s e-newsletters, click here.    Dear Friends and Neighbors, One of the worst tax bills of the year gets a hearing Monday in the state Senate – a bill that would unleash...

Note: The following op-ed was published in the Stevens County Times, April 2025 edition. By Sen. Shelly Short, Rep. Hunter Abell and Rep. Andrew Engell In Olympia, a $7 billion shortfall has become an excuse for a tax increase of more than $17 billion. You heard that right. Majority Democrats...