Jeff Wilson

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Biosolids applied to a pumpkin field. /Credit: CC-by-3.0/Red58bill OLYMPIA – A bill that aims to get “the scoop on the poop” passed the Senate for the second time Friday, calling attention to possible forever-chemical contamination in Washington’s food supply due to the use of biosolid fertilizers on fields where crops...