7th District legislators to hold telephone town hall
Lawmakers from the 7th Legislative District will hold a telephone town hall on Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Automated phone calls will go out throughout the district, but constituents who don’t receive a phone call during the event, can themselves call (509) 213-3069 to join in....
Read More
Sen. Short 2019 Video Update (Week 3)
Sen. Shelly Short talks about her opposition to Gov. Inslee’s “clean energy” bill and the controversy over a bill targeting hairstylists, barbers and cosmetologists. From Feb. 7, 2019.
Read More
Senate committee holds hearings on performance-based contracting services bill sponsored by Short
OLYMPIA… The Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee held a public hearing Tuesday morning on Senate Bill 5308, a bill that would add much-needed checks and balances to a program that helps local governments increase their energy efficiency. Sen. Shelly Short, the bill’s sponsor, says that her proposal would create...
Read More
Legislative Update: Jan. 29, 2019
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Welcome from Olympia! It is such an honor to be your voice in our state Senate. I’m excited to send you my first e-newsletter of the 2019 legislative session. We are in the third week of the 105-day session. Committee meetings are in full swing and...
Read More
Senate panel hears Short bills seeking to improve GMA to create more housing
State Sen. Shelly Short’s effort to make housing more affordable and available in Washington took an important step when the Senate Local Government Committee held public hearings last Thursday on five bills (SB 5193, SB 5194, SB 5242, SB 5243 and SB 5245) she’s introduced to make adjustments to the...
Read More
Sen. Short – 2019 video update (Week 2)
Sen. Short gives an update on the second week of the 2019 legislative session, including efforts to address Washington’s housing crisis, her bills to change the Growth Management Act, and Gov. Inslee’s proposal to provide more broadband service to rural Washington. From Jan. 28, 2019.
Read More
Sen. Shelly Short 2019 Video Update (Week 1)
Sen. Shelly Short (7th District) talks about Gov. Inslee’s State of the State address, her thoughts about the governor’s budget plan, her Senate committee assignments and leadership position this session, and her bill (SB 5244) to create a domestic violence registry. From Jan. 22, 2019.
Read More
7th Legislative District lawmakers elected to leadership positions
All three members of the 7th District’s legislative team – Sen. Shelly Short and Reps. Joel Kretz and Jacquelin Maycumber – will serve in leadership posts when the 2019 legislative session begins in January. During their reorganization meeting Monday, House Republican members re-elected Kretz as their Deputy Leader. They also elected...
Read More
Senate Republicans’ plan addresses affordable-housing problem in Washington
Senate Republicans announced today they will introduce a package of bills in 2019 to address one of the main causes of Washington’s homelessness problem: the lack of affordable and available housing. At a news conference held at Quixote Village, an Olympia-based community of 30 tiny cabins for the homeless, three...
Read More