TWIO (This Week in Olympia) Your Friday Podcast with Marissa Rathbone

The 2024 Session has hit the homestretch! Budgets have been released--which fail to adequately provide for K-12. We have 2 weeks to positively impact!

House of origin cutoff has arrived and action moves to the opposite house. Key K-12 bills are on the move and Budgets are next on the agenda!

Major cutoff dates have passed, with key K-12 priorities advancing. Next up: budgets!

Cutoff deadlines are arriving and key education bills are on the move, including bills to detract from troublesome proposed paraeducator compensation increases.

The 1st quarter of the 2024 Session is done and the pace continues fast. Priorities--and issues of concern--continue to move. Review the action and engage!

Week 1 in the 2024 Session was frenetic. Week 2 is looking to a more wild ride--and with only 51 days left, you better hang on tight! Many key issues are already being address; details inside....

The 2024 Legislative Session has convened. Check out our first 2024 podcast and get ready for a wild ride!

The final week of the 2023 session has arrived. Much work remains to be done, including final action on the 3 two-year budgets, special education, and pupil transportation.

The Legislature is moving to its final phase, with Sine Die less than two weeks away. Budget negotiations are ongoing and we see positive signals about K-12

All six legislative budget proposals have been introduced and are on the move. We are in the closing days of session but continue to provide advocacy messages for you to use.

All four Budgets are on the table as negotiations get set to begin. We've officially entered the homestretch!

Budget Week is here! The Revenue Forecast was updated today, and we have scheduled budget releases. Priority bills also continue to move.

Action resumes in committee, as K-12 priorities move. At the same time, we anxiously await budget releases coming next week.

House of origin cutoff arrives this week, with major movement on key K-12 priorities

The house of origin policy and fiscal committee cutoffs have passed and action moves to the Floor. In the last two weeks our major priorities have been drastically changed, but we also saw some good news, too.

The house of origin policy cutoff came last Friday, with the fiscal committee coming this Friday. There has been frenetic activity as legislators try to beat the clock. K-12 priority bills continue to move--with major adjustments.

As the Legislature's first deadline approaches, K-12 priorities continue to move. This podcast discusses movement of the Good...the Bad...and a bit of the Ugly.

The Legislature's first cutoff date approaches, further increasing the level of activity. Special Ed funding is the highlight this week.

The 2023 Session is 1/5 of the way to Sine Die on April 23. Priority K-12 legislation continues to move, while we continue to deal with some negative issues, too.

The 2023 Legislature is moving quickly. Education priority bills--and bills of concern--are already on the move.

Legislators are already moving quickly to hear and advance bills--including some key K-12 issues.

Jan. 9 is the first day of the 2023 Session. The engagement process for this session is reviewed.

The 2022 Legislature has adjourned. This podcast provides a brief review of the final budgets and some of the key bills.

The last week of session has arrived. We await final budget negotiations and continue to fight for bills remaining on the table

The Legislature has hit the homestretch as budgets move to negotiations and bills make a final run at passage.