Dear Friends and Neighbors, I am very saddened by the recent wildfires in Chelan and the surrounding communities. After the one-year anniversary of the Carlton Complex Fire last month and the Sleepy Hollow Fire in Wenatchee in late June, my hope was that the fire destruction would end. Unfortunately, the...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, After a 105-day regular session and follow-up special sessions, the Legislature has finally adjourned for the year. While I am disappointed it took so long to find an agreement on the operating budget, the final outcome is positive. The two political parties and legislative chambers came...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, I’m currently in Olympia, where the Legislature expects to approve the final state budgets today and tomorrow. While I am here representing you, my thoughts are back in my hometown of Wenatchee where fires are still burning. My thoughts and prayers go out to the first...

RADIO: Sen. Linda Evans Parlette, Rep. Cary Condotta and Rep. Brad Hawkins talk with KOHO Radio's Dan Longager about progress of budget negotiations in the Legislature as the state nears the end of its fiscal cycle June 30.

Sen. Linda Evans Parlette and Reps. Brad Hawkins and Cary Condotta provide a legislative update on Wenatchee's KPQ Radio with Steve Hair, including the latest on budget negotiations and reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare.

KOZI's Ken Johannessen talks with Sen. Linda Evans Parlette, Rep. Cary Condotta and Rep. Brad Hawkins about the end of the second special session, the beginning of a third one, and how close the House and Senate are with a budget agreement.

KPQ's Steve Hair talks with Sen. Linda Evans Parlette, Rep. Brad Hawkins and Rep. Cary Condotta about budget negotiations and a proposed capital gains tax by Democrats, which may be the major roadblock to a compromised operating budget agreement.

After House Democrats and Senate Republicans failed to reach an operating budget compromise, the Legislature heads into a second special session. 12th District Sen. Linda Evans Parlette and Reps. Cary Condotta and Brad Hawkins talk about the coming second special session and the difficulties of bringing everyone together, especially as...

As the Legislature approaches a second special session, 12th District Sen. Linda Evans Parlette and Reps. Cary Condotta and Brad Hawkins give their views and expectations over progress on operating budget negotiations on Chelan's KOZI Radio with Jay Witherbee.