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Criminal Justice: creating alternatives – Feb. 5

Representative Roger Goodman (District 45) submitted our Restorative Justice bill (HB 1775) and got House Early Learning & Human Services Chair, Ruth Kagi, to cosponsor. As HB 1775 must be heard and voted out of Early Learning and Human Services before February 21st, Chair Kagi’s support is very important. Senator…

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FCWPP Update for weeks of January 17-28, 2011

The House 2011 Supplementary Operating Budget (HB 1086) for the current fiscal year passed the House and is now in the Senate Ways & Means Committee.  It includes partial or time-limited funding for the Disability Lifeline, Apple Health for Kids, and Community Health Clinics. Basic Health is terminated after April 30,…

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Updates on Washington Investment Trust

Jan. 30: HB 1320/SB 5238: Washington Investment Trust, sponsored (in the House) by Rep. Bob Hasegawa.  Set up state institution to hold state funds and lend to small business, farmers, students and others.  Hearings were held this past week in House Business and Finance Committee and Senate Financial Institutions Committee. …

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Update from the Economic Justice Working Group

Following the Governor’s supplemental budget proposal, the House (SHB 1086) has submitted a proposed 2011 Supplemental Operation Budgets to address revenue shortfalls projected to occur before the end of the current biennium. SHB 1086 was passed out of the House Ways and Means Committee on January 19, 2011.? The impacts…

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3-Strike Reform

SB 5053, prime sponsor: Senators Adam Kline In Washington State, individuals convicted of "3 strikes" may be sentenced to life without parole.  The bill would permit 3-Strikers convicted of Class B felonies only (primarily Robbery 2 and Assault 2) -- currently serving Life Without Parole (LWOP) -- to apply for…

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Washington Investment Trust

Please help move House Bill 1320, Rep. Bob Hasegawa's bill to create Washington Investment Trust, (WIT). The WIT is based on the model of North Dakota's State Bank.  In Bob's words, "The concept:  keep taxpayers’ money working here in Washington to build our economy. Currently, all tax revenues go into…

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Some Health Care Priorities May be restored!

“While we are still analyzing the details, it appears the House Ways and Means Committee responded to concerns shared about the needs of our most vulnerable neighbors and found ways to retain most of the funding for Disability Lifeline and full funding for Apple Health for Kids in its proposed…

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FCWPP Public Policy Agenda 2011

approved by FCWPP Steering Committee - January 15, 2011 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE     a. Goals:          i. Give priority to efforts to repair the harm suffered by victims over applying punishments to offenders        ii. Enable offenders to redeem themselves and reintegrate into society       iii. Replace costly incarceration through diversion, drug…

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FCWPP Endorsement of Initiatives and a Referendum

FCWPP Alert:  FCWPP Endorsement of Initiatives and a ReferendumFCWPP recommends:a YES vote for the following:Initiative 1098: Tax Reform initiative (This Initiative was endorsed earlier by FCWPP; for details see the Alert of 5-21-2010 on our website: www.fcwpp.org).  I-1098 reforms our unfair and imbalanced tax system and generates dedicated funding for…

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