The Association of Washington Cities, an Olympia-based organization advocating on behalf of Washington’s 281 cities and towns, honored Sen. Ann Rivers (R-La Center) with a City Champion award in Vancouver on Oct. 20. This is the second consecutive year Rivers received the award. She is one of two legislators to...

Seattle Magazine recently named their picks for Most Influential People of 2015. The biggest surprise was the inclusion of the Majority Coalition Caucus and my work on education funding reform and harmonizing the competing marijuana markets. The Conservatives Winning Year In a divided legislature, the side that wants fewer changes to the...

Leadership at Battle Ground’s longtime emergency-food provider, the North County Community Food Bank, voted during their September board meeting to have Sen. Ann Rivers join their board of directors. “The food bank is truly an example of neighbors helping neighbors. I have worked with NCCFB for years and it will...

Legislator says reduced charge is appropriate in possession case Sen. Ann Rivers is praising a prosecutor’s decision to reduce charges in a marijuana-possession case against three Washington teens, saying it’s an example of how the criminal-justice system is still getting acquainted with marijuana-law changes that emerged from this year’s legislative...

Photo from 2012 when Clark County Sheriff K-9 Saver and Deputy Brian Ellithorpe testified in Olympia on my legislation.     A Vancouver police dog who was in the midst of helping police apprehend a suspect died this week after being stabbed multiple times. The dog, Ike, was assisting police when suspect...

Five things you need to know about my recent transportation reform and revenue package vote that will bring jobs and reduced congestion to the 18th Legislative District. Watch here.

When Washington voters approved the sale of recreational marijuana in late 2012, they authorized a tightly regulated, well-taxed industry with a strong public-safety element. Sen. Ann Rivers said today’s Senate vote supporting House Bill 2136 will put the burgeoning market one step closer to meeting those expectations. The measure clarifies...

Since the 105-day regular legislative session ended in late April, Sen. Ann Rivers has spent countless hours driving between her southwest-Washington home and budget-negotiation meetings at the state Capitol. Today Rivers again traveled to Olympia – but this time she grabbed a sack lunch and hopped aboard a big yellow...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, We are a quarter of the way through the second special session and I wanted to take a few minutes to give you the view from the negotiation table. As part of the operating-budget discussions going on between our Senate majority and our counterparts in the...