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This will be my last email update to you until December. On Monday, May 14, election-year restrictions go into effect, which prohibit further email updates until after Dec. 7. Read our 10th District...

Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island, discusses the highlights of the 2018 session, including no major tax increases, and funding for an opioid diversion center in Snohomish County.

We are just hours away from the end of the scheduled 60-day session. I wanted to take a few minutes to provide this update. Tenth District Town Hall Meetings this Saturday I’d...

Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island, discusses five of his six prime-sponsored bills that survived the Legislature's first major cutoffs.

Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island, talks about his bill that would help battle the opioid crisis found throughout the state of Washington. He also touches on his bill regarding the mandatory...

It’s been just over two months since I last communicated with you via this e-newsletter. I hope your holidays were enjoyable and that your new year is going well. We’ve completed...

Rep. Hayes pays tribute to fallen police officer, discusses Hirst fix and capital budget, and talks about his bill to fight opioid addiction.

It’s hard to believe that only two months remain before the Legislature begins the 2018 session on Jan. 8. We had intended to be in session for only the scheduled 105...

On the first floor of the state Capitol in the Page Room, photos are displayed of young people who served as legislative pages during the early years of the program. These images are an...

The Legislature’s record 193-day session ended Thursday evening when the body failed to pass both a remedy to the recent rural water rights case known as the Hirst decision and the...