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Praying for my Southern Baptist siblings about women in ministry
Baptists are a big part of my life story. If you are scratching your head about why this third generation, Methodist-all-her-life pastor would say such a thing, keep reading. Baptists are a big part of my story because I live in the South, which is full of Baptists. They have been neighbors and friends. They have been teachers for my children. My children and grandchildren go to school together, are in sports together, and we have worked together on all kinds of projects for school and community.
Climate taxes should protect flood victims, not fund useless programs | Opinion Original
The eastbound lane of State Route 140 at milepost 26.6 near Boise Creek collapsed due to flooding in Pierce County and was pictured here on Dec. 15. Enumclaw Police Department AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. State collected over 4 billion via cap-and-invest yet underfunded flood resilience Nearly two-thirds of Climate Commitment Act funds target emissions cuts ORCA Plan would redirect cap revenue to levees, culverts, restoration and river work.
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–Washingtonians recently affirmed the Climate Commitment Act through an initiative. But here's something you may not know: The CCA taxes us on our "carbon footprint." The phrase was developed by Ogilvy and Mather, a New York City-based advertising and public relations firm hired by British Petroleum (BP).
Olympia Update
By Sen. Mark Schoesler and Reps. Joe Schmick and Mary Dye OLYMPIA–Democrats in the Legislature are looking to once again punish Washington drivers by hitting them in the wallet. This comes barely two years after the Climate Commitment Act – the "cap-and-tax" policy adopted by the Democratic majorities in the Legislature–went into effect, causing fuel prices to go up significantly. As a result, Washington is still one of the most expensive states to buy gasoline or diesel.
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–Washington Farm Bureau delegates recently met with legislators in Olympia. They noted a subdued mood in offices they visited as troubled lawmakers furrowed their brows over concerns of lackluster budget revenues. Chickens tend to roost as economic reality sets in. Climate activist policymakers in the House Environment and Energy Committee are learning hard lessons. Their hyperactivity around climate has led to a series of laws expediting the transition to a fossil-free economy.
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–The Innovia Foundation recently announced the first round of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho communities selected for the Community Heart and Soul Initiative. Pomeroy was chosen among seven other small towns in our region.
I Am Afraid: A Faith-Based Warning About Moral Decline
Guest Column by Rev. Mary John Dye I. Am. Afraid. I am not just worried. Or apprehensive. Or uneasy. I am afraid. I am writing about my fears because, in my heart, I believe they are shared fears. I may be wrong. I have learned I can be wrong about a lot of things. What I am sure is that my fears are not partisan fears. My fears are born directly from spiritual principles that are – and, until now— have been shared across people of Christian faith.
Olympia Update
By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick and Rep. Mary Dye We are back in Olympia for this year's legislative session, which began Jan. 13 and is scheduled to end April 27. Many classic rock fans remember The Who song "Won't Get Fooled Again." It has a line, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss," that likely will apply to our state's incoming governor, Bob Ferguson.
Mary Dye: Vote yes on I-2117 to pay less and protect critical projects
By Mary Dye Important news: Citizens can vote “yes” and pay less for Initiative 2117 and repeal the costly Climate Commitment Act, knowing that critical projects will be protected. As the well-funded TV blitz against Initiative 2117 heats up, voters deserve to know the truth: The proponents of the state’s disastrous cap-and-trade scheme have crossed the line, threatening Washington families by holding vital road construction projects hostage.
Guest Commentary
In this case, give them $2.2 billion in fuel taxes, and they’ll take your roads too. Attorney General and now Candidate for Governor Bob Ferguson, Senator Andy Billig and other proponents of the state’s disastrous cap-and-trade scheme have crossed the line, threatening Washington families by holding vital road construction projects hostage.
Session a mix of success, disappointment
The 2024 legislative session is now in the history books. After 60 days, in which 201 House bills and 180 Senate bills passed the Legislature, we can report a mix of great successes and disappointments. We fought hard for public hearings on all six citizens' initiatives to the Legislature. Closer to the end of the session, Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate reluctantly agreed to hear three of the measures but sent the other three initiatives to the November ballot.
Olympia Update
By Sen, Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick, and Rep. Mary Dye OLYMPIA–The 2024 legislative session is now in the history books. After 60 days, in which 201 House bills and 180 Senate bills passed the Legislature, we can report a mix of great successes and disappointments. We fought hard for public hearings on all six citizens' initiatives to the Legislature.
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–Back in February 2020, I met Puddles, Washington state's first mussel detection dog, and her handler, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Sgt. Pam Taylor. A rescue dog from a shelter in California, Puddles, a Jack Russell terrier mix, was brought to Washington state in 2019 and trained to sniff out zebra and quagga mussels. The mussels are smaller than a thimble.
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–Several days ago, the Wall Street Journal issued a report about California's "soaring electricity rates." Average residential rates for investor-owned utility customers have surged by 72% to 127% over the past 10 years. About 2.5 million households in California are behind on their bills, averaging $733 in arrears. According to the Energy Information Administration, California has the second highest average retail price for electricity at $.22 per kilowatt hour.
California too costly for our economy
Several days ago, the Wall Street Journal issued a report about California’s “soaring electricity rates.” Average residential rates for investor-owned utility customers have surged by 72% to 127% over the past 10 years. About 2.5 million households in California are behind on their bills, averaging $733 in arrears. According to the Energy Information Administration, California has the second highest average retail price for electricity at $.22 per kilowatt hour.
OLYMPIA UPDATE
OLYMPIA UPDATE New energy policies enact great expense to those who can least afford it January 25, 2024 "The possibility of a global environmental apocalypse has been dominating headlines and exercises a powerful hold on the imaginations of millions of people," according to optimist and author Marion L. Tupy. Headlines of imminent catastrophe are resulting in public policy driving our nation and our state as well as many other western economies to the brink. OLYMPIA–The Clean Energy Transforma...
State's energy policies costly
“The possibility of a global environmental apocalypse has been dominating headlines and exercises a powerful hold on the imaginations of millions of people,” according to optimist and author Marion L. Tupy. Headlines of imminent catastrophe are resulting in public policy driving our nation and our state as well as many other western economies to the brink.
OLYMPIA UPDATE
OLYMPIA UPDATE A lot of work ahead in the 2024 session now underway in Olympia By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick and Rep. Mary Dye OLYMPIA–It is a privilege and an honor to represent and serve the people of the 9th Legislative District as we begin a new year and a new legislative session in Olympia. This year’s session began on Jan. 8. Lawmakers from every part of Washington have converged at the state Capitol for a scheduled 60 days of introducing bills, hold...
Olympia Update
By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick and Rep. Mary Dye OLYMPIA–It is a privilege and an honor to represent and serve the people of the 9th Legislative District as we begin a new year and a new legislative session in Olympia. This year's session began on Jan. 8.
Put gas money back in pocket
On Tuesday, Rep. April Connors, R-Kennewick, and I introduced House Bill 2040, also known as the Carbon Auction Rebate program. The bill seeks to provide rebates to Washington motorists suffering from our state’s high gas prices. This past summer, for the first time, Washington surpassed California for the highest gasoline price in the nation. With the summer travel season behind us, our gasoline prices have fallen, but they are still much higher than our surrounding states.
Building relationships for ag
Last month, I attended joint meetings for the National Association of State Conservation Agencies and the National Watershed Coalition in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the request of Washington state conservationist, Roylene Comes-At-Night.
Rep. Mary Dye: Return excessive carbon tax profits to Washington motorists struggling with high gas prices
By Rep. Mary Dye Those of us border-area residents are keenly aware of the price differences at the gas pumps. Gasoline is nearly 35 cents less per gallon in Oregon than Washington. In Idaho, it’s 86 cents a gallon less. Gas prices between Washington and Oregon have historically been similar but steeply increased in our state this past January. That’s when Gov. Jay Inslee’s controversial cap-and-trade program took effect.
Guest Commentary
Guest Commentary Washington’s inflated fuel prices are not because of big oil, but because of big government gouging Washingtonians OLYMPIA–Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, and ranking Republican on the House Environment and Energy Committee, issued the following statement in response to a news conference held by Gov. Jay Inslee today where he blamed the oil industry for sky-high fuel prices in Washington state.
Irrigation project gaining traction
In 1922, the Columbia Basin Irrigation League was formed. Just a year later, Congress passed a bill allowing an investigation of the irrigation project with appropriations of $100,000. This was the very beginning of the process that led to construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest dam in the world at the time, to help provide irrigation to the Columbia Basin, and power to the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Taking the classroom outside
In a culture where frequent computer/device use is becoming more the norm in schools and businesses, one company has developed a program which allows for student movement, increased retention of information, and improved mood/mental health. The Walking Classroom, based out of North Carolina, delivers a program that meets all three goals. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Olympia Update
By Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, and Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy This session saw some bipartisan successes as lawmakers and citizens were in Olympia together for the first time in nearly three years. That in-person interaction is always key for working relationships and good workable solutions to our state's problems. The transportation budget and capital budget were both very bipartisan.
State Reps. Beth Doglio and Mary Dye: Bipartisan environmental accomplishments worth celebrating this Earth Day
By State Reps. Beth Doglio and Mary Dye On this 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, we as lawmakers from diverse regions in Washington state reflect on our collective accomplishments. As the new chair of the House Environment and Energy Committee, Rep. Beth Doglio brings a fresh perspective. Meanwhile, Rep. Mary Dye, ranking Republican, provides her invaluable Eastern Washington insights on climate change and environmental challenges facing rural communities.
Olympia Update
As you read this, House Bill 1498, approved unanimously by both the House and Senate, is on its way to the governor. This is the bill I authored that would ensure our local fire departments are reimbursed by the state when they deploy aircraft for an initial attack on a fire. It seems like common sense to get on top of a brush, grass, or timber fire when it's small, before it blows up into a catastrophic wildfire.
Olympia Update
Too many Puget Sound lawmakers never look beyond their grocery stores to understand the struggle of our farmers to keep those stores supplied. It's why Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick, and I work so hard in Olympia to advocate for our fellow farmers, educate those in power who have no clue about agriculture, and why we fight against policies potentially devastating to agriculture.
Fighting for farmers' survival
Too many Puget Sound lawmakers never look beyond their grocery stores to understand the struggle of our farmers to keep those stores supplied. That’s why Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick, and I work so hard in Olympia to advocate for our fellow farmers, educate those in power who have no clue about agriculture and we fight against policies potentially devastating to agriculture.
Improve water quality to save salmon
Improve water quality to save salmon Share Tweet 0 Comments Last updated 2/28/2023 at 9:14am There are some hard-core Western Washington groups that want you to believe that if we breach Snake River dams, it will boost our state's salmon population and we can save the Southern Resident Orcas from extinction. It's the old strategy of if you repeat something long enough, people will finally believe you.
Olympia Update
OLYMPIA–There are some hard-core Western Washington groups that want you to believe that if we breach Snake River dams, it will boost our state's salmon population and we can save the Southern Resident Orcas from extinction. It's the old strategy of if you repeat something long enough, people will finally believe you. Even though dam removal would be devastating to our state's power grid, agriculture, and vital river navigation of wheat and other products. Here's what they won't tell you.
Guest column: An innovative step toward improving the lives of Washington’s boys and men
Ours is a complicated society. Enormous economic and social changes have many people losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. These challenges have especially manifested themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those with the most difficulties are males. Simply put, boys and men are struggling. While you may question this, the data speaks for itself. Of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in our state, 70% were male.
Olympia Update
Olympia Update In Olympia for the 2023 session By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick and Rep. Mary Dye OLYMPIA–We are back at the state Capitol for the 2023 legislative session, which began Jan. 9 and is set to last 105 days, ending April 23. After being forced to endure a virtual legislative session in 2021 and last year due to restrictions caused by COVID-19, we're encouraged that the Legislature has returned to near-normal in term... For access to this article please sign in or subscribe.
Back in Olympia
By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick and Rep. Mary Dye We are back at the state Capitol for the 2023 legislative session, which began Jan. 9 and is set to last 105 days, ending April 23. After being forced to endure a virtual legislative session in 2021 and last year due to restrictions caused by COVID-19, we’re encouraged that the Legislature has returned to near-normal in terms of how committee meetings and floor sessions are conducted.
Olympia Update
By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Mary Dye, and Rep. Joe Schmick OLYMPIA–The 2022 legislative session ended March 10 and is now in the history books. It’s time to reflect on the 60-day session and our work on your behalf. One of the first issues addressed was the unpopular and unfair mandatory long-term care insurance plan and payroll tax which was to kick in on Jan. 1. Rep. Schmick cosponsored legislation to repeal and replace the plan, and Sen. Schoesler had a bill to repeal it as well.
Commentary
By Rep. Mary Dye It was heartbreaking when the Nooksack River submerged Whatcom County farming communities, swept livestock away and decimated dairies, farmland and homes. Equally sad was when heavy rains overflowed the Chehalis River and nearby tributaries, sending water through homes and property. Gov. Jay Inslee opened his Dec.
Olympia Update
The theme for this legislative session is fixing bad policy passed during the last one By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick, and Rep. Mary Dye OLYMPIA–The 2022 legislative session kicked off Jan. 10 much like last year’s with very few legislators and staff in attendance. While the House and Senate have slightly different operating plans for the year, much is the same: remote committees, online voting, and very little in-person involvement from the public.
"Post College Activities of Mortar Boards" by Mary Dye Baker
The main purpose of this study was to draw a comparison between Mortar Board members and a Control Group made up of persons not so recognized to determine how the amount and type of later community participation differed.
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