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May 09, 2025

Brace yourself for the biggest tax increase in Washington history

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers May 9, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here. We adjourned our session April 27, and maybe the best thing we can say about it is that it is done. Now let’s hope the governor calls us...
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May 02, 2025

PFAS bill, local projects are among wins for 2025 session, Wilson says

OLYMPIA – A bill creating a testing program to measure forever-chemical contamination in Washington’s food supply heads the list of wins for Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview in an otherwise-discouraging 2025 legislative session that ended Sunday, April 27. Despite passage of the largest tax increase in Washington history and legislation designed...
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April 18, 2025

Massive property tax increases, $18.4B tax hike poised for approval

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers April 18, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here.  Dear Friends and Neighbors, I often say there is a disconnect between the Legislature and the people of the state of Washington. But it was never more obvious...
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April 07, 2025

State must act to protect salmon from sea lion predation

Note: The following op-ed was distributed to newspapers circulating in the 19th Legislative District the week of April 7, and it appeared in The (Centralia) Chronicle and elsewhere. Sea lions gather on the Lower Columbia./ Courtesy photo Commentary by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview Last month, it was mealtime on the...
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March 29, 2025

Wilson stands ground against perpetual gas-tax increases

To see Sen. Wilson’s speech on SB 5801, click here. OLYMPIA – Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, led opposition on the Senate floor Saturday to a plan that would raise gas taxes six cents a gallon and keep right on going. Senate Bill 5801, approved 31-18, would add a new feature...
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March 19, 2025

Protecting our fisheries with a proposal for sea lion control

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers March 19, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here.    It’s dinnertime on the Cowlitz as sea lions prepare a warm welcome for our struggling fish runs. This shot was snapped last weekend near the confluence of...
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March 12, 2025

Reminder: Online town hall meeting is Thursday evening

Note: This e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers March 12, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here.  With my House seatmates, Rep. Jim Walsh, center, and Rep. Joel McEntire, right. Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’re getting set for a town hall meeting Thursday evening at 6:30...
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March 10, 2025

Senate OK’s Wilson bill to combat fast-growing EV charger vandalism, theft

Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, one of several members of the Legislature who drive electric vehicles, juices up his Chevy Bolt in a legislative parking lot. /Credit: Washington State Senate. Preventing theft and vandalism at electric vehicle charging stations would become a  priority for the state under a bill sponsored by...
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March 10, 2025

Senate passes Wilson bill to redevelop commercial properties for housing

Upper floors of the Westminster Arcade in Providence Rhode, Island, the nation’s oldest indoor shopping mall, have been converted into loft apartments. Housing conversions of underutilized commercial properties are a small but growing trend, and Sen. Jeff Wilson says Washington should make it easier for cities to capitalize on it....
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