Sen. Harriet Spanel

Democratic Caucus Chair

Committees:
Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection
Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation
Rules
Transportation

Term ends January 2009

Olympia Office:
305 Legislative Building
P.O. Box 40440
Olympia, WA 98504-0440
(360) 786-7678

40th District
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Senator Harriet Spanel
40th District  Bellingham


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March 6, 2006

1:22 wrap with Sen. Harriet Spanel of Bellingham on keeping our shorelines clean. Lead: The Legislature has passed an important priority for the year – legislation supporters say will go a long way toward protecting Puget Sound.  Jeff Reading reports from Olympia. (Full script in Word Format)

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Feb. 27, 2006

1:12 wrap with Sen. Harriet Spanel of Bellingham on recent progress in medical liability. Lead: When doctors and lawyers each saw their own tailor-made initiatives to reform our state medical liability laws fail on the ballot last November, both sides realized that a compromise was necessary. Jeff Reading reports from Olympia. (Full script in Word Format)

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Feb. 20, 2006

1:20 wrap with Sen. Harriet Spanel on the Senate's proposed budget. Lead: It’s an off-budget year in Olympia, but Democrats think we should still fund past cuts, make up some federal cuts, and invest in areas of real public need.    (Full script in Word Format)

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Feb. 11, 2006

1:20 wrap with Sen. Harriet Spanel on getting even tougher on sex offenders.

Lead: The debate in Olympia continues about the best approach to dealing with sex offenders in Washington.  (Full script in Word Format)

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Jan. 27, 2006

1:17 wrap with Sen. Harriet Spanel on achieving equal rights for Washington gays and lesbians.

Lead: History was made in Olympia on Friday, as a nearly thirty-year effort to add sexual orientation to Washington’s civil rights law succeeded in the Legislature.  (Full script in Word Format)

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Jan. 20, 2006

1:30 wrap with Sen. Harriet Spanel, D-Bellingham, on the big transportation challenge of 2006.

Lead: The Washington Legislature passed the state’s biggest transportation improvement package in history last year, but one state senator says there’s more work to be done.

Jeff Reading reports from Olympia. (Full script in Word Format)

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Jan. 17, 2006

1:45 wrap with Sen. Harriet Spanel, D-Bellingham, on keeping the WASL as a high school graduation requirement.

Lead: The WASL will soon become a graduation requirement for high school students. Will this requirement give graduating seniors a diploma that means something, or will it mean that more Washington students fail high school?

Jeff Reading reports from Olympia. (Full script in Word Format)

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