Jeanne Kohl-Welles
36th District, Seattle
Committees
Olympia Office
219 Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA 98504-0436
(360) 786-7670
District Office
3131 Western Ave, Ste 421
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 281-6854
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Sen. Kohl-Welles’ E-newsletter 11/16/2009
Dear Neighbors,
With the elections over, we are now in full preparation mode for the upcoming 2010 session. This week’s newsletter discusses some of the issues that I am sure will be of the utmost importance during our 60-day session.
Statement from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles on Boeing moving the second line of 787 to South Carolina 10/28/2009
“Today is a very disappointing day for Washington. I had great hope that in the end Boeing and the Machinists would come to an agreement that resulted in providing thousands of new jobs for our state.
“As chair of the Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection Committee, I know how important Boeing is for Washington’s economy and the 80,000 Washingtonians it employs. I also know how important Washington’s highly skilled workforce, outstanding education and workforce development infrastructure is to Boeing’s strong business plan.
Statement from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles on the state of talks between Boeing and the Machinists 10/28/2009
“As chair of the Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection Committee, I know that Boeing is a critical part of Washington’s economy. Our state and Boeing have had a mutually beneficial relationship that has paid dividends for Boeing, our workers, their families and our economy for nearly a century.
Blog: Continuing to tour the viaduct 10/14/2009
Op-ed: An honest discussion about workers' compensation 10/13/2009
Today an op-ed written Sen. Kohl-Welles and Rep. Conway on our state's workers' compensation program was published in the Seattle Times. It can be found here.
By Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Steve Conway
Blog: Extending sales tax to candy and gum could help close the budget gap 10/6/2009
The following blog was originally posted at seattlepi.com and can be found here.
A forthcoming report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Taxing Sugared Beverages Would Help Trim State Budget Deficits, Consumers’ Bulging Waistlines, and Health Care Costs, suggests that taxing sugared beverages could help to alleviate state budget shortfalls that are being felt around our entire nation.
Oct. 5th E-Newsletter 10/5/2009
Dear Neighbors,
I’m currently in Chicago for a youth violence summit after finishing up a busy week in Olympia for our fall Assembly Days. One of the hot topics in the committee that I chair, the Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection Committee, was the proposed workers’ compensation rate increase. Misinformation is beginning to circulate about this rate increase, and I want to make it very clear this increase does not suggest that our worker comp program is mismanaged or inefficient. In fact, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ widely cited comparison of the most costly workers’ compensation systems ranks Washington 38th. And workers here pay about 25 percent of those premiums, meaning that only four states have lower costs for employers.
Video: Rick Steves visit the Capitol 10/5/2009
Live Blogging Assembly Days 10/2/2009
Follow today's events here.
News: 36th legislative delegation to host public meeting on health reform 10/1/2009
OLYMPIA —Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Reps. Mary Lou Dickerson and Reuven Carlyle invite their constituents to a town hall with Sen. Karen Keiser, chair of the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee, and Rep. Eileen Cody, chair of the House Health Care & Wellness Committee. Keiser and Cody will address questions about health care issues and discuss how federal health reform efforts could impact Washington residents.