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The dust is finally settling on this legislative session, and I want to give you the straight scoop on what happened in Olympia. My focus was simple: stopping the policies that...

Reps. Matt Marshall and Andrew Barkis provide a comprehensive review of the 2026 legislative session in this newsletter to their constituents in the 2nd District.

Washington is spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to study race-based reparations, while money to help crack down on organized retail crime was vetoed by the governor. For people trying...

Washington’s political class pretends it can pile on new taxes without consequence, but the numbers — and the moving vans — tell a different story.  A new 9.9% tax on personal...

Thank you to everyone who came out for last night’s sine die town hall in Eatonville. It was great to connect with people and talk about the issues that matter most...

In the nearly 25-hour battle House Republicans waged in an attempt to stop the Democrats’ income tax, Rep. Matt Marshall, R-Eatonville, fought with multiple amendments highlighting the constitutionality problems with the...

After a record-long nearly 25 hour debate to try to stop Democrats’ passage of an income tax, Rep. Matt Marshall, R-Eatonville, delivers a fierce final passage speech to highlight the problems...

Rep. Matt Marshall, R-Eatonville, blasted Democratic lawmakers for pushing through what he called a historic and dangerous shift in Washington’s tax system: a 9.9% state income tax on income above $1...

During a more than 7 hour debate on Senate Bill 5974, Rep. Matt Marshall, R-Eatonville, warns against the potential fallout of the bill that would allow the decertification and removal of...

There are times when more isn’t better. It’s just more. This is one of those times. Democratic legislators are pushing Senate Bill 5981, which would expand a little-known federal drug discount program...