This week on “The Impact”:
With the Democratic caucus taking control of the Washington State Senate we sit down with the incoming majority leader for a preview of what to expect.
“We’ve had 5 years of republican control,” said Sen. Sharon Nelson, D- Maury Island. “We have a 60 day session. We have a lot that we can pass that’s already on our plate: equal pay for equal work, the voting rights act, reproductive parity.”
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The Senate Republican leader also shares his predictions about the new power dynamic.
“Unsustainable spending that’s been the pattern in the past I fear that it could be the pattern again,” said Sen Mark Schoesler, R- Ritzville.
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The Washington State Supreme Court hands down a big decision in the landmark education funding case McCleary v. Washington. We’ll tell you what it means for the long running lawsuit.