OLYMPIA… Two proposals from Sen. Ann Rivers are among the bills approved by the state Senate as Washington’s annual legislative session reached its halfway mark today. Senate Bill 5163, which has to do with fraud complaints against Medicaid-reimbursed care providers, won unanimous support Tuesday and has already been referred to...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, For the first time in five years, the Legislature completed its work and adjourned on time last Thursday. We passed a strong, bipartisan supplemental operating budget that will serve our state well. Please continue reading – I include more details about the approved budget below. Unfortunately,...

In a disappointing turn of events late today, the House of Representatives failed to reach an agreement on Sen. Ann Rivers’ bipartisan medical-marijuana measure before the Legislature adjourned for the year. Rivers said the fiscal details that ultimately caused the bill’s demise weren’t enough of a reason to leave patients...

The Senate approved a measure Saturday that would set the necessary framework and oversight surrounding medical marijuana to establish its place in the market alongside the 2012 voter-approved law allowing the recreational use of marijuana. Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, introduced Senate Bill 5887 last year but said the measure...

Sen. Rivers recaps what’s happening in Olympia at the halfway point of the 60-day legislative session. To read more, please click HERE.

In her first e-newsletter of the 2014 legislative session, Sen. Ann Rivers gives a brief transportation update and highlights two important bills that she is working on this year. To read more, please click HERE.