RON MUZZALL: Rural hospitals are hanging on by a thread. When they shut down or scale back, the impact is huge. Here’s what we need to do.
Ron Muzzall
(The Center Square) – Washington state is currently forecast to run out of money by 2027 and experience a fiscal deficit by 2028 despite the largest tax increase in state history this session, in addition to record revenue levels.
RON MUZZALL: Concerns raised at a recent Senate health-care committee meeting about the loss of health-care coverage through Washington’s Apple Health program and other state-run plans have been known for years and are unrelated to the recent congressional passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: A new state law creates big changes for little learners in Coupeville.
RON MUZZALL: I’ve been hearing from many of you about the recent decision to award Washington’s hybrid-electric ferry contract to an out-of-state builder, and I understand your frustration.
The Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee, of which Sen. Ron Muzzall (R-Oak Harbor) is a member, has scheduled a meeting for Tue., July 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM for a work session on Medicaid, international medical graduates, and doula services.
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: After nearly two months of consideration, Gov. Bob Ferguson has chosen the out-of-state bidder to build new hybrid-electric vessels for Washington State Ferries.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The 90-year-old Deception Pass Bridge is in fair condition but “just starting to get into poor,” a state bridge engineer told Whidbey Island officials this week.