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Video: House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Committee; January 18th 2010
"Work Session: Overview of the Lakewood Police Department and Maurice Clemmons Case, testimony by Governor Christine Gregoire, Chief of Lakewood Police Department Bret Farrar, others." tvw.org
Video: Rep Christopher Hurst on Marijuana Bills; January 21st, 2010
Video: Candy Tax; Comcast Newsmakers; February 26th, 2010
Video: Bail-Denial Measure Headed To Voters;
"Work Session: Overview of the Lakewood Police Department and Maurice Clemmons Case, testimony by Governor Christine Gregoire, Chief of Lakewood Police Department Bret Farrar, others." tvw.org
Video: Rep Christopher Hurst on Marijuana Bills; January 21st, 2010
Video: Candy Tax; Comcast Newsmakers; February 26th, 2010
Video: Bail-Denial Measure Headed To Voters;
From the Seattle Times
Wash. Lawmakers Send Bail-Denial Measure To Voters
"Washington's Legislature gave its final endorsement Monday to a state constitutional amendment granting judges more power in denying bail, a reaction to the November shooting deaths of four suburban police officers...." Seattle Times, March 8, 2010
State Lawmakers Consider New Laws To Curb Gang Violence
"EVERETT — Just a day before 17-year-old Antonio Marks was stabbed and beaten to death on the streets of a rural town in the Cascade foothills, Snohomish County Sheriff's deputy Bud McCurry had spoken to the teen...." Seattle Times, February 24, 2010
State-Sponsored Care Schools Face Closure
"In the past seven decades, the Rainier School's population has dwindled from almost 2,000 patients as most developmentally disabled people find care in smaller community settings. The state is looking to follow a national trend away from large campuses like Rainier School to state-sponsored care in family homes and smaller facilities in residential areas...." Seattle Times, February 13, 2010
Red-Light Cameras On Trial In Olympia
"The cameras that nab red-light runners around the state could become less profitable under legislation now being considered in Olympia...." Seattle Times, January 24, 2010
State Lawmaker Wants Longer Sentences for Drunken-driving Deaths
"Citing this month's sentencing of a drunken driver who fled the country after a fatal crash, one state lawmaker hopes to lengthen prison..." Seattle Times, January 16, 2008
Higher Taxes? Court Clears Way
"Homeowners in some parts of the state could see larger local property-tax increases as the result of a state Supreme Court ruling on Thursday..." Seattle Times, November 9, 2007
Washington's justice system needs more verdict options for criminals with mental illness
"Phillip Paul, the Eastern State Hospital patient who escaped at a county fair, raises important questions about the options for treating and punishing mentally ill criminals. State Rep. Christopher Hurst, D-Enumclaw, suggests it is time for a new category: guilty but mentally ill..." Seattle Times, September 28, 2009
Wash. Lawmakers Send Bail-Denial Measure To Voters
"Washington's Legislature gave its final endorsement Monday to a state constitutional amendment granting judges more power in denying bail, a reaction to the November shooting deaths of four suburban police officers...." Seattle Times, March 8, 2010
State Lawmakers Consider New Laws To Curb Gang Violence
"EVERETT — Just a day before 17-year-old Antonio Marks was stabbed and beaten to death on the streets of a rural town in the Cascade foothills, Snohomish County Sheriff's deputy Bud McCurry had spoken to the teen...." Seattle Times, February 24, 2010
State-Sponsored Care Schools Face Closure
"In the past seven decades, the Rainier School's population has dwindled from almost 2,000 patients as most developmentally disabled people find care in smaller community settings. The state is looking to follow a national trend away from large campuses like Rainier School to state-sponsored care in family homes and smaller facilities in residential areas...." Seattle Times, February 13, 2010
Red-Light Cameras On Trial In Olympia
"The cameras that nab red-light runners around the state could become less profitable under legislation now being considered in Olympia...." Seattle Times, January 24, 2010
State Lawmaker Wants Longer Sentences for Drunken-driving Deaths
"Citing this month's sentencing of a drunken driver who fled the country after a fatal crash, one state lawmaker hopes to lengthen prison..." Seattle Times, January 16, 2008
Higher Taxes? Court Clears Way
"Homeowners in some parts of the state could see larger local property-tax increases as the result of a state Supreme Court ruling on Thursday..." Seattle Times, November 9, 2007
Washington's justice system needs more verdict options for criminals with mental illness
"Phillip Paul, the Eastern State Hospital patient who escaped at a county fair, raises important questions about the options for treating and punishing mentally ill criminals. State Rep. Christopher Hurst, D-Enumclaw, suggests it is time for a new category: guilty but mentally ill..." Seattle Times, September 28, 2009
From the Courier Herald
Plenty going on in the 31st District
"There has been plenty of activity in the world of 31st Legislative District politics lately, discounting anything that might have been occurring in Olympia...." Tacoma News Tribune, February 01, 2010
Expect economy to dominate Olympia session
"The lingering gloomy economy continues to dominate Washington politics as state lawmakers prepare for their annual trek to Olympia...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 04, 2010
Plateau leaders say save Rainier
Dear Governor Gregoire:
"On Oct. 15, a draft report recommending the closure of several institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and the Department of Corrections (DOC) was released. This draft report, among other things, recommended the closure of the Rainier School in Buckley, Washington, by 2017, as well as the recommendation that Washington state abandon the Residential Habilitation Center (RHC) model all together...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 27, 2009
Rainier School Grassroots Defense Sets Strategy
"Earlier this month, Gov. Christine Gregoire released her proposal for the 2010 Washington state budget, including a plan to phase out the Rainier School for the developmentally disabled beginning in 2011 and ending in elimination by 2014. The news has prompted an immediate response from local politicians, state workers and Buckley community leaders and members in support of the school’s continued operation...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 18, 2009
Local Legislators Receive Key Assignments
"Committee assignments have been announced for the trio of 31st District legislators and each will be taking on new roles for the 2009 session...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 06, 2009
Youth Center Ready For Kids
"It takes a village to raise a child.
The phrase has been uttered so often it has been shopworn. But the city of Buckley took one giant step toward fortifying itself for that tall task May 27 when it debuted its freshly erected $750,000 youth center adjacent to its skate park...." Tacoma News Tribune, June 04, 2008
Legislators Keep Busy As Session Winds Down
"The 31st District's trio of legislators are in the stretch run of the short session in Olympia, which often means long days and short nights...." Tacoma News Tribune, March 05, 2008
DOT Still Thinking About 169 Plan
"Despite popular belief, the much-discussed roundabout considered for a rural stretch of highway north of Enumclaw hasn't been scrapped...." Tacoma News Tribune, August 08, 2007
A Day In The Life In Olympia
"Meetings, hallway conversations, notes slipped onto desks, endless phone calls and floor votes are the daily rules of the road for state legislators in Olympia...." Tacoma News Tribune, April 11, 2007
District Reps Send Two Bills Forward
"The “Washington Rest in Peace Act,” is on track to be one of the first bills to pass out of the Legislature this year...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 24, 2007
Protections Of I-960 More Relevant Than Ever
Op-Ed By Rep. Christopher Hurst
"I understand as well as anyone the gravity of the financial condition we are currently in. Need is being most keenly felt today and indeed the impacts are beyond anything we have seen since the Great Depression. Unemployment numbers don’t lie. Families, businesses and those relying on critical government services have all seen resources being reduced to critical levels...." Tacoma News Tribune, March 01, 2010
Change The Law, Keep The Public Safe
Op-Ed By Rep. Christopher Hurst
"My wife and I saw Crosby, Stills, and Nash at the Puyallup fair, a fun memory. As a former police detective and commander of a homicide task force, I’ve seen things I’d like to forget. As a lawmaker – and chair of the House committee that deals with crime and public safety – I can’t imagine why it’d make sense for mental hospitals to take a criminally insane murderer on a field trip to the fair...." Tacoma News Tribune, September 28, 2009
Legislature Has To Make life Tough On Gang Members
The holidays are a time for most people to enjoy family and social events, but for those of us elected or re-elected to the state Legislature our time is consumed with preparing for the session that begins on Jan. 12. Considering the budget outlook, it’s no surprise that most of the comments I’ve heard from folks around town is them being sympathetic about the difficulty of the task facing legislators as they write the new two-year budget...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 09, 2008
Plenty going on in the 31st District
"There has been plenty of activity in the world of 31st Legislative District politics lately, discounting anything that might have been occurring in Olympia...." Tacoma News Tribune, February 01, 2010
Expect economy to dominate Olympia session
"The lingering gloomy economy continues to dominate Washington politics as state lawmakers prepare for their annual trek to Olympia...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 04, 2010
Plateau leaders say save Rainier
Dear Governor Gregoire:
"On Oct. 15, a draft report recommending the closure of several institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and the Department of Corrections (DOC) was released. This draft report, among other things, recommended the closure of the Rainier School in Buckley, Washington, by 2017, as well as the recommendation that Washington state abandon the Residential Habilitation Center (RHC) model all together...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 27, 2009
Rainier School Grassroots Defense Sets Strategy
"Earlier this month, Gov. Christine Gregoire released her proposal for the 2010 Washington state budget, including a plan to phase out the Rainier School for the developmentally disabled beginning in 2011 and ending in elimination by 2014. The news has prompted an immediate response from local politicians, state workers and Buckley community leaders and members in support of the school’s continued operation...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 18, 2009
Local Legislators Receive Key Assignments
"Committee assignments have been announced for the trio of 31st District legislators and each will be taking on new roles for the 2009 session...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 06, 2009
Youth Center Ready For Kids
"It takes a village to raise a child.
The phrase has been uttered so often it has been shopworn. But the city of Buckley took one giant step toward fortifying itself for that tall task May 27 when it debuted its freshly erected $750,000 youth center adjacent to its skate park...." Tacoma News Tribune, June 04, 2008
Legislators Keep Busy As Session Winds Down
"The 31st District's trio of legislators are in the stretch run of the short session in Olympia, which often means long days and short nights...." Tacoma News Tribune, March 05, 2008
DOT Still Thinking About 169 Plan
"Despite popular belief, the much-discussed roundabout considered for a rural stretch of highway north of Enumclaw hasn't been scrapped...." Tacoma News Tribune, August 08, 2007
A Day In The Life In Olympia
"Meetings, hallway conversations, notes slipped onto desks, endless phone calls and floor votes are the daily rules of the road for state legislators in Olympia...." Tacoma News Tribune, April 11, 2007
District Reps Send Two Bills Forward
"The “Washington Rest in Peace Act,” is on track to be one of the first bills to pass out of the Legislature this year...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 24, 2007
Protections Of I-960 More Relevant Than Ever
Op-Ed By Rep. Christopher Hurst
"I understand as well as anyone the gravity of the financial condition we are currently in. Need is being most keenly felt today and indeed the impacts are beyond anything we have seen since the Great Depression. Unemployment numbers don’t lie. Families, businesses and those relying on critical government services have all seen resources being reduced to critical levels...." Tacoma News Tribune, March 01, 2010
Change The Law, Keep The Public Safe
Op-Ed By Rep. Christopher Hurst
"My wife and I saw Crosby, Stills, and Nash at the Puyallup fair, a fun memory. As a former police detective and commander of a homicide task force, I’ve seen things I’d like to forget. As a lawmaker – and chair of the House committee that deals with crime and public safety – I can’t imagine why it’d make sense for mental hospitals to take a criminally insane murderer on a field trip to the fair...." Tacoma News Tribune, September 28, 2009
Legislature Has To Make life Tough On Gang Members
The holidays are a time for most people to enjoy family and social events, but for those of us elected or re-elected to the state Legislature our time is consumed with preparing for the session that begins on Jan. 12. Considering the budget outlook, it’s no surprise that most of the comments I’ve heard from folks around town is them being sympathetic about the difficulty of the task facing legislators as they write the new two-year budget...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 09, 2008
From the Tacoma News Tribune
New Law: Police Must Visit All Sex Offenders
"Many of Washington’s more than 19,000 sex offenders haven’t been living where they claim to be living...." Tacoma News Tribune, April 2, 2010
Campaign Kicks Off For Ballot Measure Limiting Bail
"With a tough-on-crime mission and sympathetic supporters – the families of fallen police officers – it could have the ingredients to score with voters...." Tacoma News Tribune, March 17, 2010
State Agencies, Lawmakers Ask What Went Wrong
"State Rep. Christopher Hurst of Enumclaw plans committee hearings in January to explore why the presumed killer of four Lakewood police officers was free on bail as he awaited trial on child-rape charges...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 02, 2009
Give "guilty But Mentally Ill" A Look
"Outrage over psychotic killer Phillip Paul’s three-day getaway last month is rare political currency. Expect state lawmakers to find a way to spend it...." Tacoma News Tribune, October 04, 2009
State's DNA Collection Needs Expansion
"Anthony Casper Dias has become the poster boy for expanded DNA testing – for good reason...." Tacoma News Tribune, February 06, 2009
House Goes After Gangs: Lawmakers OK Multifaceted Bill
"The state House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation Monday to target gangs, the result of a six-month statewide task force charged with finding ways to reduce gang violence...." Tacoma News Tribune, February 19, 2008
Tax Lid Back In Place
"Initiative 747, the 2001 ballot measure that limited the growth of property tax collections to 1 percent a year without a public vote, is the law of the land once again...." Tacoma News Tribune, November 30, 2007
Red Light Cameras: Is Goal Safety - or Money?
"Two South Sound legislators say Washington cities are misusing automated traffic cameras to boost revenue and that they should lower the cost of their tickets...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 24, 2010
Using High-Paid Mercenaries Insults American Troops
"How would you feel if you showed up to work and your boss hired someone who was paid 10 times your salary to do similar work? Then the next day you found that your new co-worker started killing customers, and the rules for you and him were different. He just gets sent home..." Tacoma News Tribune, October 07, 2007
New Law: Police Must Visit All Sex Offenders
"Many of Washington’s more than 19,000 sex offenders haven’t been living where they claim to be living...." Tacoma News Tribune, April 2, 2010
Campaign Kicks Off For Ballot Measure Limiting Bail
"With a tough-on-crime mission and sympathetic supporters – the families of fallen police officers – it could have the ingredients to score with voters...." Tacoma News Tribune, March 17, 2010
State Agencies, Lawmakers Ask What Went Wrong
"State Rep. Christopher Hurst of Enumclaw plans committee hearings in January to explore why the presumed killer of four Lakewood police officers was free on bail as he awaited trial on child-rape charges...." Tacoma News Tribune, December 02, 2009
Give "guilty But Mentally Ill" A Look
"Outrage over psychotic killer Phillip Paul’s three-day getaway last month is rare political currency. Expect state lawmakers to find a way to spend it...." Tacoma News Tribune, October 04, 2009
State's DNA Collection Needs Expansion
"Anthony Casper Dias has become the poster boy for expanded DNA testing – for good reason...." Tacoma News Tribune, February 06, 2009
House Goes After Gangs: Lawmakers OK Multifaceted Bill
"The state House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation Monday to target gangs, the result of a six-month statewide task force charged with finding ways to reduce gang violence...." Tacoma News Tribune, February 19, 2008
Tax Lid Back In Place
"Initiative 747, the 2001 ballot measure that limited the growth of property tax collections to 1 percent a year without a public vote, is the law of the land once again...." Tacoma News Tribune, November 30, 2007
Red Light Cameras: Is Goal Safety - or Money?
"Two South Sound legislators say Washington cities are misusing automated traffic cameras to boost revenue and that they should lower the cost of their tickets...." Tacoma News Tribune, January 24, 2010
Using High-Paid Mercenaries Insults American Troops
"How would you feel if you showed up to work and your boss hired someone who was paid 10 times your salary to do similar work? Then the next day you found that your new co-worker started killing customers, and the rules for you and him were different. He just gets sent home..." Tacoma News Tribune, October 07, 2007
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