Senator Schoesler warns of higher future gas prices

OLYMPIA – Senator Mark Schoesler (R-Ritzville) summed up the 2021 legislative session with bad news.

"This session was very bad for Washington's everyday, hard-working taxpayers," Schoesler said, adding the session "kept citizens in the dark" with the closed campus restricting the public from interaction with legislators.

Citizens who wanted to testify had to do it via Zoom.

"If their Internet connection was iffy, they ran the risk of not being able to testify," Schoesler said. "Many Republican colleagues and I believe the public was kept out of the loop by the rules preventing people from ent...