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Lawmakers have two weeks left in the legislative session to pass policy bills and budgets and conduct hearings for ballot initiatives.

Editor's note: This article is a part of a series of coverage on the Jan. 29 Huskies on the Hill day in Olympia.

Herald readers sound off on the minimum wage, concerns facing America in 2024, and retiring register of deeds John O'Brien thanks supporters after 47 years in office.

OLYMPIA — A day in the life of a legislator never looks the same from one day to the next, but here’s a snippet into a day at the Capitol for Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake. Wednesday, April 5, started with a meeting at 7 a.m. for Dent for a weekly media interview to discuss various bills. After discussing proposed legislation such as House Bill 1134 that implements supporting infrastructure to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, Dent headed from his office in the John L. O'Brien Building to the Capitol Building only a few hundred feet away...

Helen Sommers was a pioneer as a female legislative delegate in Washington State. The new building at Union and Capitol Way will be named after her.