Legislature

• June 7, 2025Legislature

  #116: Rep. Lisa Parshley and Sine Die

  Join us for our annual “Sine Die” episode as we sit down with Representative Lisa Parshley, a freshman legislator for the 22nd Legislative District and former Olympia City Council member, […]

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  May 3, 2025General Interest, Legislature

  #111: Don’t think of an Olympia

  On this episode, I read my blog post “Don’t think of an Olympia” from Olympia Time, revisiting one of my longest-running gripes: the use of “Olympia” as a lazy shorthand […]

• April 3, 2024Legislature

  #106: Sine Die with Sam Hunt

  We are joined by Senator Sam Hunt to review the legislative session just past and talk about what Olympia got from Olympia. We also delve into his political history and […]

• June 21, 2023Downtown, General Interest, Housing, Legislature, Transportation

  #99 Where are all the state offices going?

  In the first half of this episode, we sit down with Yvonne Knutson (Office of Financial Management) and Maurice Perigo (Department of Enterprise Services) to talk about how state offices […]

• May 29, 2023Housing, Legislature

  #98: Sine Die with a Housing Twist

  Today we’re doing our traditional Sine Die (end of the legislative sesssion) episode, but with a Housing Twist. The Olympia Standard sits down with Representative Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia) to talk […]

• March 19, 2023Housing, Legislature

  #97 Housing history in Olympia and setting the stage for the state legislature

  The state legislature is about to act on statewide zoning reform that would adopt much the same policy that we’ve been passing in Olympia for years now. To take a […]

• May 17, 2021Legislature

  #87: Legislative Update with Jessica Bateman

  For this year’s legislative update, we pulled the newest member of our state delegation for the 22nd district, “Friend of the Podcast” Representative Jessica Bateman. We discussed statewide police reform, […]

• March 8, 2021General Interest, Legislature

  #84: Give the State Heck

  Denny Heck is no longer serving us as our representative in Congress, but he is serving every person in Washington as our Lieutenant Governor. We chatted with Denny about his […]

• May 4, 2020Legislature

  #62: Legislative Update with Laurie Dolan

  What did Olympia bring to the Legislature? And how will the state impact our lives in Olympia? Here is our annual update on the legislative session! This year we sat […]

• May 29, 2019Legislature

  #39: Legislative Update with Beth Doglio

  Here is our annual legislative update! As we did last year, we sat down with Representative Beth Doglio to talk about what Olympia brought to the recent session, and how […]