Mark Schoesler

Sen. Mark Schoesler’s successful effort to make state government more transparent received a final endorsement today when his bill requiring an online inventory of state-agency fees was signed by the governor. Senate Bill 5751 already had received unanimous support from the Senate and House of Representatives. “I thought it was...

Today all three Senate caucus leaders joined together in condemning yesterday’s terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon and asking for prayers for the victims. As Boston police and federal investigators continue to probe the explosion of two bombs that went off near the finish line of the historic marathon, killing...

Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, has apologized for the taping and posting of a video taken of members of the Majority Coalition Caucus discussing the serious flaws with the Columbia River Crossing project, during a recent visit by Governor Inslee and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. As soon as...

Washington State’s 9th District Senator, Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, and Senate Republican Leader, comments on Governor Inslee’s proposed state operating budget which relies heavily on new and increased taxes and more government spending.

A bipartisan group of 16 Washington legislators including Sen. Mark Schoesler recently joined to send a pointed letter to Gov. Jay Inslee opposing the Spokane Tribe’s proposal to build an off-reservation casino in Airway Heights. In their letter the lawmakers express strong concerns about the federal process under way and...

Washington State’s 9th District Senator, Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville and leader of the Senate Republican Caucus, talks about passing the floor cutoff deadline, the unofficial midway point of the 2013 legislative session, and some of the bills that are still in progress.

Now that online technology allows for easy one-stop research, Sen. Mark Schoesler wants to make it easy for people to go online for information about all the fees imposed by state agencies. Today the Senate approved Schoesler’s “fee inventory” bill unanimously. “This is what happens when government agencies take the...

A Senate bill created the Washington State Department of Agriculture a century ago, so it seemed appropriate to Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler that today’s senators should take a few minutes to adopt Senate Resolution 8630, which observes the agency’s special anniversary and recognizes its role in making Washington agriculture...

Today the Washington State Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling on a lawsuit challenging the two-thirds majority vote required for the Legislature to adopt a tax increase. In a 6-3 decision the high court ruled the higher threshold for tax increases is unconstitutional, saying it is now up to voters...