Keith Wagoner

After inflation-driven increases in construction costs resulted in cancellation of one behavioral-health center in the North Sound, Sen. Keith Wagoner is determined not to let a second such project meet a similar fate. Working with Senate budget writers, Wagoner has secured the $4.275 million needed to complete phase II of...

By Racquel Muncy / Skagit Valley Herald  | Residents of the state’s 39th Legislative District gathered at Concrete Theatre on Saturday for a town hall with Sen. Keith Wagoner and representatives Carolyn Eslick and Sam Low.  …Each of the legislators had an opportunity to speak about what is important to...

Denver Hainstock, a 10th grader from Sedro-Woolley High School, spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Hainstock was one of 16 students who served as a Senate page for the fifth week of the 2024 Legislative session. Hainstock was sponsored...

Senate Democrats’ controversial bill allowing local governments in Washington to exceed the 1% cap on annual property tax increases won’t be acted on this session, its author said Friday. The legislation sought to repeal the voter-backed limit and give cities and counties the ability to levy hikes up to 3%....

Sen. Keith Wagoner, R-Sedro-Woolley and a member of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement today on Senate Democrats’ plan to vote on Senate Bill 5770, which would allow local property taxes to annually grow up at triple the rate now allowed by law. “The proposed increase...

Host Duane Inglin’s interview with Senator Keith Wagoner, who is the primary sponsor on Senate Joint Resolution 8208 “Enshrining the rights to Hunt, Fish & Gather for WA St Citizens” Duane & Tommy will also follow-up with take-aways from the Public Hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural...

If you think the anti-gun people were out of ideas for threatening our 2nd Amendment Right, think again. Senate Bill 5963 would REQUIRE homeowners that own guns have special firearm owner insurance as a rider on your home owners’ policy. I encourage concerned citizens to sign-in and testify on this...

Legislative Democrats recently held a hearing on Senate Bill 5770, which would triple the allowable growth rate of property taxes and almost certainly drive record-high rents up even more. While proponents point to the tax proposal as a way to get much-needed funds to local governments, Sen. Keith Wagoner has...

TVW Inside Olympia Host Austin Jenkins asks Sen. Keith Wagoner, a co-chair of the bipartisan Tax Structure Work Group, to share his thoughts on the group’s work and Washington’s tax structure. Click here to watch now.