Leonard Christian

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...

OLYMPIA – A group of state senators says Wednesday’s assassination of rising conservative influencer Charlie Kirk calls attention to the threat of violence across the entire political spectrum. Republicans Phil Fortunato, Jeff Wilson, Jim McCune and Leonard Christian say the Utah campus shooting demonstrates the state’s new Domestic Extremism and...

Note: The following e-newsletter was distributed to Sen. Christian’s subscribers on August 1, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. This 1964 Seattle protest illustrates the agitation that led Congress in 1968 to ban redlining, restrictive real estate covenants and other forms of racial discrimination in housing. Six...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers July 4, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here.  Happy Fourth of July! Dear Friends and Neighbors, Finally it’s summer, a time for backyard barbecues and lazy afternoons at the lake. And this holiday weekend, fireworks! For...

Note: The following op-ed appeared in the Ritzville Adams County Journal and other Eastern Washington weeklies the week of June 22, 2025. By Leonard Christian By the time this piece sees print, I certainly hope Travis Decker is behind bars. For the last several weeks, he has been pursued by...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers May 30, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. The governor signs the budget and tax package into law during ceremonies May 20. Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’ve just seen the epilogue of the 2025 legislative session,...

OLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a bill sponsored by Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, delaying the start of a new program to regulate living quarters at residential private schools. The measure gives the Department of Children, Youth and Families an additional year to develop regulations for private school...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers May 2, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Staffers and well-wishers swarmed the Senate floor as the 2025 legislative session ended Sunday night. Dear Friends and Neighbors, Our 2025 legislative session in Olympia has adjourned —...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers April 25, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. The final battles of the 2025 legislative session are playing out on the House and Senate floors this weekend. House and Senate majorities are determined to pass the...