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The Ellensburg School District is adopting the StopIt Solutions anonymous reporting app that was the central component of Rep. Matt Manweller’s Students Protecting Students school safety bill in the 2018 legislative session....

April 23, 2018

The Legislature adjourned the 60-day legislative session on time this year, the first time since 2014. Like any session there was some good, bad and ugly in Olympia this year.

March 23, 2018

Rep. Manweller gives a floor speech in support of House Bill 1896 – expanding civics education in public schools.

March 20, 2018

Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, talks about various end-of-session goals surrounding school safety, local projects in the 13th District and teacher pay increases. Manweller explains his opposition to proposed Democratic taxes and...

March 2, 2018

Rep. Matt Manweller, R – Ellensburg, provides an update of school safety bill that also respects 2nd amendment rights, discusses a union bill that allows labor unions to automatically take dues...

Feb. 23, 2018

Rep. Matt Manweller's legislative session update touches on school safety, wildfire legislation, CTE bill passes and legislation requiring union dues.

Feb. 20, 2018

Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, discusses no gag order legislation that allows pharmacists to offer cost effective prescription drugs when an option is available, civic education legislation that requires high school students...

Feb. 16, 2018

The House of Representatives passed legislation late last week that would require high schools to teach a stand-alone civics course. Rep. Matt Manweller, a co-sponsor of the measure, said the legislation...

Feb. 12, 2018

Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, talks about his school safety bill getting passed unanimously out of the Education Committee, another bill that would give retired teachers a small cost of living adjustment...

Feb. 9, 2018

On Wednesday, the House Education Committee passed legislation that would use a mobile app for students to anonymously report concerns about unsafe or violent activities at school. Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg,...

Feb. 1, 2018