Seattle PI: Connelly: Sec. DeVos would cut public education, promote charter schools, vouches Joel Connelly The U.S. Department of Education plans to slash a range of public education programs, from public service loan forgiveness to Special Olympics education programs, according to near-final budget documents. The documents, first reported by the Washington Post, show part of the… Read more »

San Juan Islander: Larsen Takes Aim at Proposal to Privatize U.S. Air Traffic Controllers, Calls for Focus on Bipartisan Agreement in FAA Reauthorization Talks Congressman: how can the system be both ‘safe and broken’ as privatization-proponents suggest? In a hearing of the House Committee on Transportation, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the top-Ranking Democrat on the House… Read more »

Skagit Valley Herald: Education Briefly ART WINNER: A Sedro-Woolley High School student has been named the winner of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s congressional student art competition. Student Maddie Moser and her parents will join Larsen in Washington, D.C., for the opening of the annual Congressional Art Show. RETIREMENT CELEBRATION: A retirement celebration honoring outgoing Concrete… Read more »

The Hill: The case against privatizing the nation’s air traffic control system Reps. Peter Defazio (D-ORE.) and Rick Larsen (D-WASH) 5/10/2017 On every domestic flight, passengers have a window-seat view of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) work to modernize our aviation infrastructure through a set of technologies and procedures called NextGen. After a rocky… Read more »

Rep. Larsen tours career/technical classes North County Outlook Christopher Andersson 5/10/2017 U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen stopped by Arlington High School on May 5 to visit some of the career and technical education classes that are offered at the school. Larsen is the U.S. Representative for Washington's 2nd District, which stretches along the coast from northern Everett to… Read more »

The case against privatizing the nation's air traffic control system The Hill Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-ORE.) and Rick Larsen (D-WASH) 5/10/2017 On every domestic flight, passengers have a window-seat view of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) work to modernize our aviation infrastructure through a set of technologies and procedures called NextGen. After a rocky… Read more »

Trump went after big national monuments, but some fear the small ones are next McClatchy DC Bureau Rob Hotakainen 5/10/2017 San Juan Islands National Monument in Washington state’s northwestern tip may be too tiny to even matter to President Donald Trump. It’s a speck compared to the 27 big monuments that the White House targeted for a federal review on Friday, with… Read more »

Larsen to tour Lopez Community Land Trust Projects, County Public Works & meet with Friends of The National Monument San Juan Islander 5/10/2017 Wednesday afternoon, May 10, 2017, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will visit Lopez Community Land Trust, a non-profit that works to provide affordable housing, sustainable agriculture, and other dynamic rural development programs. Larsen will… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Larsen gets a look at area Head Start program Skagit Valley Herald Kera Wanielista 5/9/2017 BURLINGTON — While it may seem like preschooler Christian Mendoza is just playing with toys when he builds a Lego car to race against friend Frankie Denunzio-Garcia, the skills the two are learning may set them up for success. The two boys, as well as many other children… Read more »

Rep. Larsen participates in bilingual radio interview Skagit Valley Herald Brandon Stone 5/9/2017 MOUNT VERNON — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., participated in a bilingual interview on KSVR that radio host Manuel Reta said would help make government more accessible to Skagit County’s Latino population. The hour-long interview was conducted in English and interpreted… Read more »