Hans is serving in his first term as State Representative for the 25th District (Puyallup, South Hill, Summit, Midland, Fife, Edgewood, and Milton). He serves on the Transportation, Higher Education, and Capital Budget Committees, and he was appointed to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee. He is an alternate member of the Community Economic Revitalization Board.
Mike Lonergan is the Assessor-Treasurer for Pierce County. He called the KLAY Morning Show to answer some questions that have come up about this year's mailing of property tax bills.
Is there Fracking in Washington's Future? Peggy Williams is the Editorial Director for Hart Energy, and an expert on developments in the Oil and Gas industry.
J.T. Wilcox represents the 2nd District in the Washington State Legislature. He returns to the KLAY Morning Show to talk about new taxes being discussed in the state capitol.
Shannon Campion and Stand For Children led the ballot initiative to bring charter schools to the state of Washington. Today, three months after voter approval, what lies ahead?
Jan Angel represents the 26th District in the WA State House of Representatives. We discuss Narrows bridge tolls, land-use planning and Veteran's affairs.
Rep. Cathy Dahlquist is the deputy Republican whip. She serves as the assistant ranking Republican on the House Education Committee and is a member of the House Education Appropriations and Oversight, Rules and Technology, Energy and Communications committees. She was appointed to serve on the Quality Education Council, which is working on early learning and other education reforms.
Rep. Alexander serves the 2nd Legislative District.
Rep. Alexander is from Olympia. He is the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, which is the committee that crafts the state operating budget.
During this interview we talked about the state budget, the projected deficit, and education funding – since he was on the task force on education that met over the interim to address the state Supreme Court mandates on education.
He is also a co-sponsor of House Joint Resolution 4206, which would amend the state’s constitution to add the 2/3rd majority requirement for the Legislature to raise taxes (Taxpayer Protection Act).
Manager Sue Evans returns to the KLAY Morning Show with an update on the community effort to generate the needed money to install digital projection equipment.
Stan Flemming draws on his career as a Family Physician, WA State Representative, and Brigadier General to provide a true "insider" look at the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) in the interview recorded November 28, 2012.