Jeff Wilson

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers Jan. 17, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s updates from Olympia, click here. Dear Friends and Neighbors, Our 2025 legislative session got under way in Olympia Monday, and already it has a different feel. We have a budget shortfall...

OLYMPIA — Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, got a running start on his second term in the state Senate as he introduced 17 bills in advance of the 2025 legislative session that opened Monday in Olympia. Wilson says there are more to come. New proposals from Wilson this year include legislation...

Photo credit: Cacaphony/ CC 3.0 OLYMPIA – Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, says the destruction of Baltimore’s Key Bridge by an out-of-control container ship ought to raise concerns about Washington state’s aging river crossings, including Longview’s 95-year-old Lewis and Clark bridge. Wilson plans to introduce a bill for the 2025 legislative...

  Six initiatives from the people cast a long shadow over the Legislature this year. In case you missed it in the mail, here is my report about Olympia in 2024. Click here to read more!

The following op-ed appeared in The (Longview) Daily News on April 27, 2024. By Sen. Jeff Wilson Remember that big run-up in gas prices last year when cap-and-trade took effect? Folks, we’re just getting started. This year your Legislature passed a law that builds upon Washington’s grand tradition of climate...

Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. OLYMPIA – Jeff Wilson, senator from Southwest Washington’s 19th Legislative District, will host a town hall in Longview Saturday, April 27. The meeting is from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lower Columbia College Student Center, 1600 Maple Street in Longview. The event is free and...

OLYMPIA – Jeff Wilson, senator from southwest Washington’s 19th Legislative District, will host a town hall meeting in Aberdeen on Saturday, April 13. Wilson, R-Longview, will appear at the Bishop Center for the Performing Arts at Grays Harbor College, 1620 Edward P. Smith Drive, from 10 a.m. to noon. The...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers March 19, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s updates from Olympia, click here. Well-wishers thronged the Senate floor March 7 after the final gavel fell to end our 2024 session. Dear Friends and Neighbors, This year in Olympia, the...

Sen. Jeff Wilson charges his 2017 Bolt at the Washington Capitol. OLYMPIA – Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, remembers what happened when the battery on his 2017 Chevy Bolt was recalled because of a potential fire hazard. “Suddenly people were telling me, ‘Don’t park here.’ People are spooked. It’s a problem...