Washington's longest-serving House speaker reflects on three decades in Olympia
Come January, when lawmakers sit down for the new legislative term in Olympia , there will be several new faces.
More than a dozen legislators make up the new freshman class, and they’ll be facing what some have described as a ‘perfect storm’: the state is bracing for an anticipated 10 to 12 billion dollar budget gap.
It’s been nearly 15 years since Washington faced a fiscal shortfall this significant.
Back then, at the center of finding the cuts, and compromises, to deal with it -- was state representative and then-Speaker of the House -- Frank Chopp, of…
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