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With the session now having wrapped up, the state's youngest lawmaker is now turning his focus toward a reelection bid this fall.

Prices have skyrocketed for Americans at the pump, but some lawmakers don't believe suspending the tax is a viable solution.

California's housing crisis and rising gas prices and inflation are hot-button issues as Gov. Gavin Newsom's May budget revision draws near.

Republican lawmakers made a final attempt at suspending the gas tax through a bill originally proposed in January.

Whatcom County, Wash., officials are rethinking their urban future as population increases and climate change strains public infrastructure and prevents development into rural areas.

When he graduated from the nation’s only college for home-schoolers and ended internships first on Capitol Hill and then the White House, Simon Sefzik returned home to Ferndale, Washington, bitten by the political bug but more immediately focused on getting into law school.

One of the candidates considered to fill late Sen. Ericksen's seat was Whatcom County Councilmember Ben Elenbaas. He says he will run for the Senate seat.

Patrick Henry College alumnus Simon Sefzik (’21) became the youngest senator on record in Washington state history when he was appointed by the Whatcom...

BELLINGHAM — Whatcom County Councilman Ben Elenbaas will run as a Republican for the 42nd Legislative District state Senate seat held by Sen. Simon Sefzik, setting up a multi-candidate primary race in August.

Simon Sefzik replaces the late Senator Doug Ericksen, who passed away in mid-December.