Simmons said the issue will come up for debate in the upcoming legislative session, which starts in January. Republican Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, said the inmates are enough of a tax burden ...

Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, wants the Legislature to exempt around 500,000 senior citizens altogether. Fortunato proposed ...

Fortunato wants Governor Inslee to call a special session to put the bill up for a vote. “My bill gives the Legislature an opportunity to make things right with voters,” Fortunato said via a ...

Washington Freedom Caucus members (from left): Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, Sen. Jim McCune, R-Graham, and Sen. Mike Padden, R ...

“They have every state elected office. They have both houses of the legislature. They have the governor’s mansion. Who is the watchdog?” Fortunato said. More politics: Oregon ends ...

In the race for state Senate Legislative District 31, incumbent Phil Fortunato, a Republican, led challenger Michelle Rylands, a Democrat, after a second round of election returns were released ...

John Fortunato on Wednesday accused Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto of participating in a political "quid pro quo" during his time in the Legislature, with Lopinto and state Sen. Danny ...

Fortunato wants to prioritize removing violent ... It’s time to stop protecting them and start protecting Washingtonians. With the legislative session winding down, our communities can’t ...

Established under the 1979 Natural Death Act, the Washington state Legislature created the form ... actually change a model form,” Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, said Monday.

Most lawmakers make $46,839 a year, although a citizen commission on Wednesday approved a 2 percent raise for legislators in each of the next two years. Fortunato said he takes per diem because ...