2026: A short session with big budget decisions

What's ahead in Olympia and why fiscal discipline matters

This is my second update of the 2026 legislative session, and just two weeks in, things are already heating up in Olympia. As the session got underway, I spent the first week moving between committee hearings, a joint session with my House and Senate colleagues, and meetings with constituents and visitors, while the major budget conversations began to take shape.

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