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The 2018 legislative session is officially underway. This year, lawmakers will be in Olympia for 60 days and are tasked with doing supplemental work on our state budgets. This means making...
Landowners will finally see relief from a state Supreme Court decision that has halted rural development thanks to a bill passed by the Legislature today. Senate Bill 6091 alleviates the pressure...
Rep. Vincent Buys, R-Lynden, shares five things you need to know for the 2018 legislative session, including the latest on a Hirst fix and the capital budget, the governor's carbon-tax proposal,...
With much recent attention on the state Supreme Court case Whatcom County v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board, often called Hirst, we would like the opportunity to express the views...
We're a little more than a month away from the start of the 2018 legislative session. As the holidays approach and many of you begin to spend more time with family...
Forty-second District Reps. Vincent Buys and Luanne Van Werven issued the following joint statement today after the Legislature adjourned Thursday without passing legislation to address the state Supreme Court's Hirst decision that jeopardizes...
Lawmakers kick off the first special session after the 2017 legislative session ends without a budget deal. Rep. Vincent Buys, R-Lynden, explains how special session works, where budget negotiations are now,...
Please join Rep. Luanne Van Werven and me for a telephone town hall tomorrow, April 4, from 6 to 7 p.m. During the hour-long event, listeners will be able to ask...
Forty-second District Reps. Vincent Buys and Luanne Van Werven, both R-Lynden, will host a telephone town hall meeting for constituents on Tuesday, April 4 from 6-7 p.m. The lawmakers will take questions...
We're now more than halfway through the 2017 legislative session. Three major legislative deadlines are behind us — policy and fiscal committee cutoffs, and house of origin cutoff. That means bills...
