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We are a couple weeks into the 2018 legislative session. In this legislative update I want to provide you some of the legislation I am working on. I also want to share...

Jan. 18, 2018

Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, highlights some of the taxes included in the democratic budget proposal that make up the $8 billion tax increase it will initiate if passed. Manweller addresses the...

April 4, 2017

We are coming up on the conclusion of Week 9 in the legislative session. We have spent nearly two weeks on the House floor debating and voting on bills being sent...

March 10, 2017

Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg and Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, talk with Harold Hochstatter on KBSN about the state Supreme Court "Hirst decision" which could limit the ability of landowners to...

Jan. 24, 2017

Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, and Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, talk with Harold Hochstatter on KBSN Radio about several issues facing the Legislature, including education funding, the so-called "levy cliff," elk...

Jan. 17, 2017

Rep. Matt Manweller has been appointed to the Interim Task Force on Washington Waters by House Republican Leader Dan Kristiansen. The committee was established in the capital budget legislation passed by the...

Sept. 2, 2015

13th District lawmakers support governor’s decision to divert funds to Moses Lake Dam project With the urging of 13th District lawmakers, Sen. Janéa Holmquist Newbry and Reps. Judy Warnick, and Matt Manweller,...

May 14, 2014

CONTACT: Kurt Hammond, Public Information Officer– (360) 786-7794 Governor signs Warnick, Manweller bills Bills prime-sponsored by Reps. Judy Warnick and Matt Manweller were signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee today....

March 13, 2014