Welcome to The Speaker’s Scoop, a behind-the-scenes podcast with Washington Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins. In this first episode, Speaker Jinkins talks about the ceremonial aspects of the first week of session. She also talks about the budget challenge facing lawmakers this year, and how this may be the year a rent stabilization bill gets all the way to the governor’s desk.
This week, Speaker Laurie Jinkins is focused squarely on the Legislature’s next, and biggest, task: crafting and passing an operating budget — a moral...
The 2025 session adjourned on Sunday, April 27th. In this final episode of The Speaker’s Scoop (until next January), Speaker Laurie Jinkins looks back...
This week, Speaker Jinkins talks about Opposite House cutoff, the next major turning point for the 2025 session. She also offers her thoughts on...