Leonard Christian

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Jan. 16, 2026. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Testifying Wednesday before the Senate K-12 Education and Early Learning Committee on Senate Bill 5901, assuring equitable school-construction funding for the Medical Lake School District, which operates Blair...

OLYMPIA – As reports of fraud in Minnesota daycare programs prompt inquiries in other states, Washington lawmakers are considering legislation that would reduce public scrutiny of daycare and other social services, a Republican senator complains. Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, is pushing back with Senate Bill 6020, which would rename...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Jan. 9, 2026. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Dear Friends and Neighbors, Last year’s Legislature passed the biggest tax increase in state history, a whopping $14 billion when everything is counted. But if you think things...

The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Dec. 5, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here.   Dear Friends and Neighbors, Get set for another taxing spree in Olympia next year. And brace yourself – 2026 may be the year our majority colleagues in the Legislature...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Christian’s subscribers Nov. 12, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2026 legislative session is coming right up, and I’ll be holding a town hall meeting in Spokane Valley Saturday to tell you about it....

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Oct. 31, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Washington taxpayers are spending millions to settle lawsuits stemming from mismanagement at Green Hill School, the state’s high-security facility for dangerous juvenile offenders. Dear Friends and Neighbors, The...

Forecast for Olympia: Major storm coming in January.   Dear Friends and Neighbors, Big new taxes kicked in Wednesday across Washington state, and guess what? We’re already broke. Olympia learned last week that the $77.9 billion budget approved in April already is in deficit. That’s in spite of the biggest...

Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley. Credit: Washington State Senate. OLYMPIA — Washington is headed into the red, and Sen. Leonard Christian says it’s what you expect when the Legislature adopts the most irresponsible budget of all time. “It’s too bad they don’t have Academy Awards for recklessness,” said the Spokane...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Christian’s subscribers Sept. 12, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Charlie Kirk. Photo: CC-by-2.0/ Wikimedia Commons Dear Friends and Neighbors, At a time when our two major parties are about as far apart as they have ever been, the...