Shelly Short

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Greetings from Olympia! Join your 7th district lawmakers for a telephone town hall Save the date! I will be joining Reps. Maycumber and Kretz to host a telephone town hall from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 5. Meeting by phone (it’s similar to a radio...

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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...

Sen. Shelly Short tours the 7th District, taking a closer look at the great things happening in her community.  Check out these videos and get to know the 7th Legislative District better! In this video, Sen. Short discusses post-secondary education in the 7th Legislative District. Learn more about work that...

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...

Sen. Shelly Short and her fellow district legislator,  Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber, R-Republic, visits KOMW to discuss the 2019 legislative session.