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Rep. Cary Condotta talks about the compromised Hirst solution, the capital budget and his proposal to reduce property taxes

Jan. 25, 2018

The 2018 legislation session is underway. It seems the main thing all legislators agree on is – let’s  keep the session to 60 days. Two weeks and a lot has happened already. In...

Jan. 19, 2018

Rep. Cary Condotta discusses the first couple weeks of the 2018 legislative session – Hirst, governor’s carbon tax plan and his bill to reduce property taxes.

Jan. 18, 2018

Rep. Cary Condotta, R-Wenatchee, discusses the state of the operating budget in 2018, while Rep. Mike Steele, R-Chelan, talks with KPQ about the Breakfast After the Bell bill, which passed the...

Jan. 12, 2018

Rep. Condotta discusses what is going on with budgets, the Hirst decision – the court decision with major water implications – and other legislation in the final couple weeks of the...

April 13, 2017

March 8 was house-of-origin cutoff. Bills that are not passed out of the House as of that date are likely “dead” for the session, unless they are deemed necessary to implement the budget. Then...

March 13, 2017

12th District Reps. Cary Condotta, R-Wenatchee, and Mike Steele, R-Chelan, discuss negotiating the McCleary decision, and anticipating the upcoming fiscal cutoff. The Hirst decision is also addressed.

March 3, 2017

Rep. Condotta talks about bills that are “dead and alive” after the policy committee cutoff deadline. He also discusses bills related to the Hirst decision – the state Supreme Court ruling...

Feb. 22, 2017