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Video: Legislative Update - Feb. 9 2/9/2010
Sen. Kilmer E-Newsletter 2/8/2010 2/8/2010
Friends and Neighbors,
Happy post-Super Bowl Monday! I hope everyone enjoyed the big game as much as I did. It was fun to watch a good football game (after a season of Seahawk mediocrity). . . not to mention, it's always good to have an excuse to eat enormous amounts of the "Kilmer Family Secret Recipe" bean dip. Plus, I'm happy that the folks in New Orleans have something to celebrate.
Kilmer challenges college students 2/5/2010
Sen. Derek Kilmer, a Gig Harbor Democrat and chairman of the Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee, spoke to as many as 400 college students at a rally on the Capitol steps today. You can check out his speech below.
Sen. Kilmer E-Newsletter 2/1/2010 2/1/2010
I hope you all had a good weekend.
The Legislature is starting its fourth week of this year's session and already we're facing our first cutoff deadline. By Friday all bills not related to the budget must be moved out of their committee. So that will make for a hectic week in Olympia.
Video: Legislative Update - Jan. 29 2/1/2010
Port Orchard economic development bill clears committee 2/1/2010
OLYMPIA -- A bill that could boost Port Orchard's economic development efforts was voted out of the Senate Economic Development, Trade & Innovation Committee Monday.
Senate Bill 6595, sponsored by Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor received unanimous support in committee.
Video Update - Week Three - Jan. 25 1/26/2010
Senate Democrats unveil "bulls-eye" jobs strategy 1/26/2010
OLYMPIA - Offering what they say is a well-rounded, sustainable strategy for putting people to work now while helping to spur job growth in emerging sectors, Senate Democrats today unveiled their key job-creation proposals of the 2010 legislative session.
“Our aim is to put people to work and create jobs,” said Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane. “Our strategy is like a bull’s eye, putting the existing jobs and businesses that are essential to our recovery at the center, and rippling steadily outward toward the jobs of the future that are the key to our competitiveness over the long term.”
Sen. Kilmer E-Newsletter 1/25/2010 1/26/2010
I hope you all had a good weekend!
We're now heading into the third week of the legislative session. It's been going at a rapid pace already (sometimes I feel like legislative time can be measured like "dog years"), but now things really start kicking into gear.