The first bill of the upcoming legislative session has been introduced. Following his successful effort with Senate Bill 5588 in 2019 to authorize public utility districts to produce and sell “renewable hydrogen,” Sen. Brad Hawkins has prefiled a bill for the 2021 legislative session to establish an eight-year statewide pilot project...

Sen. Brad Hawkins will hold his fourth annual 12th District “listening tour” on Thursday, Dec. 10. It will be conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meetings with Hawkins during this year’s virtual tour will take place through Zoom video conferencing or traditional conference phone calls, each lasting up to 20...

Wenatchee resident Matt Cadman received a Governor’s Art Award for arts advocacy last night in Olympia and 12th District Sen. Brad Hawkins, who nominated him for the honor, introduced him at the awards night. The presentation took place during the 2019 Governor’s Arts and Heritage Awards dinner at the Washington...

The Washington Public Utility Districts Association (WPUDA) is recognizing Sen. Brad Hawkins for his efforts and legislative leadership for PUDs throughout the state. “I was super excited when I got the call from the PUD Association,” said Hawkins, whose 12th District includes four PUDs (Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan). “PUDs provide...

Matt Cadman, the former executive director of the Numerica Performing Arts Center in Wenatchee, has been chosen by Gov. Jay Inslee to receive a Governor’s Arts Award for arts advocacy this year.  12th District State Sen. Brad Hawkins nominated Cadman for the award in May. Cadman recently retired as Numerica’s...

Gov. Jay Inslee today signed the bill introduced by 12th District state Sen. Brad Hawkins that provides authority to the Douglas County PUD and other Washington PUDs to produce and sell a new type of clean energy. Attendees of today’s bill signing included officials from public utility districts across the...

Sen. Brad Hawkins has announced the times and locations for his 12th District “listening tour” in mid-September. Similar to his listening tour last fall, Hawkins will visit all four counties in the legislative district with his legislative staff. His tour this year will include some of the same stops as last...

Jack Yount, a student from Wenatchee High School, traveled to Olympia Feb. 9-13 and served as a page in the state House of Representatives for the second time.

Emily Stevens, a student from Okanogan High School, traveled to Olympia Jan. 25- 30 and served as a page in the state House of Representatives. She was sponsored by her 12th district Rep. Brad Hawkins, R-Wenatchee.