This morning, the E-Wire woke up rushed thinking that he needed to be down in Olympia for * enter important legislative hearing * then rea...

Last evening was Sine Die – the End of the Regularly Scheduled Legislative Session. The agreed upon budget has been released, voted ...

Hi folks, The E-Wire has had a rough week trying to keep priority PTA Bills in play down in Olympia. Veteran lobbyist, Nick Federici, ...

The E-Wire is down in Olympia today hunting for clues and reading tea leaves on a variety of bills of interest to PTA members.  Among the ...

Good afternoon,   Two stories are hitting the top of the E-Wire this morning.  The first is the passage of PTA supported House Bill 27...

Guess what happened over the weekend?  Yes, the Senate pulled together a series of bills to move forward on the Transportation Budget.  S...

Top Stories for 2.27.2014 include the passage of Omnibus Education Reform Bill 6552 from House  E ducation Committee.  Meanwhile, over in ...

Greetings PTA Friends, The E-Wire was hunkered down this morning in the Pritchard Building drafting a few messages to legislators to r...

Good morning folks! The PTA was out in force today testifying on behalf of Senate Bills being heard in the House Education Committee. ...

Here is the list of bills we have been following that are still alive as of this writing.  There are other  bills that ...

Good Morning! The town of Olympia is all a twitter about the Senate joint budget due to be released later today.  While the E-Wire ho...

Congratulations: If you are reading this, we have successfully survived 2/3rds of the legislative session.  At this moment, members ar...

Greetings from Rainy Olympia!!​ The E-Wire is down in Olympia coordinating with members on the Bullying Bill expansion which has a hea...

Dear Members,    Here is the list of town halls across the state which will be starting tonight.  The PTA is coordinating to get as ma...

Legislator town halls are coming this weekend– please consider attending to share your support for fully funding basic education – check t...

Breaking News – Dream Act Passes House moments ago and is off to the Governor’s Desk! The E-Wire has been down in Olympia with Directo...

Afternoon folks! Representative Kathy Haigh (Shelton – LD 35) shares a light moment with the Morning Crew   The E-Wire was watchin...

Howdy folks, As the E-Wire was sitting in Ways & Means taking notes, we got an e-mail from the Chief Clerk's office sharing ...

Greetings folks, The Day has come.  The end is near for your bills that are stuck in House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means.  ...