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The 2026 legislative session is underway. It is a short 60-day session, so the pace will be fast and furious. I am working on many issues, but given the session’s short...
Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, one of the architects of the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), tells KXL’s Lars Larson they weren’t just “rearranging the deck chairs” when they...
Rep. Tom Dent, who spearheaded creation of the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) in 2017, says it’s time for DCYF Secretary Ross Hunter “to move on.” Dent, R-Moses Lake,...
The bipartisan salmon riparian habitat legislation, House Bill 1720, has taken two more steps toward the governor’s desk. On Friday, the bill unanimously passed the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Monday...
Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, testifies before the Agriculture and Natural Resources committee on the establishment of a fully voluntary, regionally focused grant program aimed at improving fish recovery in critical...
The 2022 legislative session adjourned in March. I am hoping you have recently received my hardcopy newsletter in the mail. It covers a number of issues including a thorough review of...
Since the pandemic, livelihoods have been devastated, people have fallen behind on their mortgages and rents, students have been left behind in schools, foster kids have fallen deeper into crisis, businesses...
Last session, the Legislature passed House Bill 1477, establishing the Crisis Response Improvement Strategy (CRIS) Committee. It is a steering committee comprised of CRIS members and subcommittees to support the redesign...
I continue to hear from many of you on the vaccine mandates, our declared state of emergency and more recently, the rising cost of insurance rates. I answer some of the...
Elected officials across eastern Washington, led by Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, sent a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee today expressing their concerns with his mandated vaccination orders and the fact...
