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Essential baby products, including diapers, are expensive. With sales taxes charged on those products, the costs are even higher for struggling Washington parents. A bill introduced this week in the state...

Jan. 14, 2025

Essential baby products, including diapers, are expensive. With sales taxes charged on those products, the costs are even higher for struggling Washington parents. Rep. Michelle Caldier and Rep. Stephanie McClintock have...

Jan. 14, 2025

You’re invited! Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Gig Harbor, and Rep. Spencer Hutchins, R-Gig Harbor, are welcoming their fellow citizens in the 26th Legislative District to one of four in-person town halls in...

March 1, 2023

The 2022 legislative session started Monday, Jan. 10. This year’s session is a short one — only 60 days. However, we have just as much work to do as during our...

Jan. 19, 2022

Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Port Orchard, talks with KXL’s Lars Larson about her frustration that millions of taxpayer dollars are being wastefully spent on purchasing housing for the homeless in the most...

Dec. 16, 2021

The governor’s Oct. 18 vaccination deadline will not be extended. Gov. Jay Inslee made the announcement at a press conference Thursday. Under the governor’s mandate, most state employees, private health care...

Oct. 15, 2021

House Republicans, including Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Port Orchard, believe an income tax on capital gains is unnecessary, unpopular, unstable, unconstitutional, and a major step toward a new state income tax. Learn...

April 23, 2021

When the 2021 legislative session begins Jan. 11, Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Port Orchard, will be serving in a new position as the ranking Republican on the House Housing, Human Services and...

Dec. 23, 2020

This coming Thursday, March 19, I will be holding a telephone town hall to provide an update of the 60-day legislative session, which concluded its business last Thursday. There’s also much...

March 17, 2020

Election-year restrictions prohibit me and other state legislators from sending out email updates from Dec. 1 until Jan. 13, the first day of session, so I wanted to touch base with...

Nov. 27, 2019