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Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2020 legislative session began this week, and one of my bills is already off to a fast start. SB 5887, which would prohibit health providers from requiring certain treatment visits to meet medical-necessity standards if a doctor determines the visits are medically necessary, was passed by...

The following op-ed appeared in the Seattle Times and was published earlier in August. By Sen. Ann Rivers, Sen. Shelly Short, and Rep. Luanne Van Werven Special to The Times Imagine living in a state where the sea is overflowing with salmon, ensuring there are more than enough fish and...

Short and Maycumber receive awards to improve bone-marrow donation awareness Sen. Shelly Short and Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber have been recognized for their work on legislation to increase awareness of the process of matching those in need of bone-marrow transplants with potential donors. Short, R-Addy, is the recipient of the 2019...

The following op-ed appeared in the Newport Miner and was published earlier in June. By Sen. Shelly Short | For The Miner Published June 12, 2019 Out of nowhere, House Bill 2167 was brought before the Senate for a vote on the last day of session, a bill which nearly...

The following op-ed appeared in the Omak-Okanogan Chronicle and was published May 1, 2019.  To download the article, click on the link: Broadband Op-Ed    By Sen. Shelly Short   Special to the Omak-Okanogan Chronicle Seattle is home to many things that people in our part of the state are happy to...

Sen. Shelly Short and her fellow district legislators, Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, and Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber, R-Republic, chats with KOMW on the final week of the legislative session.

Sen. Shelly Short and her fellow district legislator, Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, chats with KOMW on Apr. 15.

Sen. Braun, King, and Short each speak on the ills of the passage of the Anti-Janus bill from the floor of the Senate during the Elephant In The Dome podcast.