The just completed Legislative session has provided money for some Island County needs. Among the funded items are body cameras for Sheriff Deputies, funds for the Human Services Department and funds for expanding the Didgwalic Wellness Center. Jessie Stensland has the story with all the details.
Rep. Dave Paul’s campaign email account (dave@votedavepaul.com) sent the following email on Thu., Jan. 28, 2021: Dear Friends, The 2021 Legislative Session adjourned on April 25, and the Legislature made progress on many issues that are important to our community. First and foremost, the Legislature passed several landmark bills that...
Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) sent the following legislative update from his official email account on Thu., Apr. 1, 2021.
Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) sent an update to constituents and an invitation to a town hall meeting on Mar. 17.
Both houses of the legislature have passed bills that would protect tenants from eviction. (The Whidbey News-Times headline references only the Senate bill, but the story covers both bills.) HB1236, the title of which is “Protecting residential tenants from the beginning to end of their tenancies by penalizing the inclusion...
Sen. Ron Muzzall (R-Oak Harbor) is hosting a virtual town hall with his 10th District seatmates, Rep. Greg Gilday (R-Camano Island) and Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) via Zoom on Wed., March 17 at 6:30 PM.
Kira Erickson reports in the South Whidbey Record that a professor from the University of Washington is proposing a tunnel between Clinton and Mukilteo. He submitted his research and calculations to the Island County Commissioners. Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) comments on the proposal.
The Whidbey News-Times ran a wire-service story about several bills “to address racial equity, hiring and training, and the use of force within law enforcement” under consideration by the Washington State Legislature. The story reviews the status of these bills. Several lawmakers, all Democrats, are quoted within the story. Below...
