South Whidbey Record: Over 200 attend town talk with Rep. Rick Larsen By Evan Thompson Congressman Rick Larsen told a packed audience of more than 200 people at the Langley Methodist Church on Saturday that he would not support a single-payer health care system. Larsen, a Second Congressional District Democrat, was responding to the first questioned asked of him during a town hall… Read more »

The Hill: Dems back bill to boost airfare transparency By Melanie Zanona A pair of House Democrats introduced new legislation Wednesday to boost transparency on airfares after the Trump administration halted an Obama-era rule aimed at achieving a similar goal. The bill, backed by House Transportation ranking member Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), would require… Read more »

Puget Sound Business Journal: Washington state mayors join senators opposing air traffic control privatization By Andrew McIntosh Two leading U.S. Senators are voicing bipartisan opposition to privatizing the nation's air traffic control system. They're joined by four mayors from cities across Washington state and two Pacific Northwest congressman who expressed concerns about the… Read more »

The Islands’ Sounder: Larsen slams immigration executive order Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring citizens from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days, suspending admission of all refugees for 120 days and slashing the number of refugees the United States… Read more »

Stanwood Camano News: Area Briefly: Scholarship deadline approaching; solar workshop; and more School board to launch audit The Board of Directors of the Stanwood-Camano School District will gather for a special meeting to launch the state audit on Thursday, March 9, at 9 a.m. in the Administration & Resource Center, 26920 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. The regular board meeting starts at… Read more »

Stanwood Camano News: Legislative bills fly around Olympia   Aim to help veterans, seniors and students Representatives of District 10 in state Legislature have pitched a pile of bills, and the House of Representatives approved many of them in the past week. They won’t become law until approved by the Senate and the governor. Bailey’s bills on aging, student loans Over… Read more »

Associated Press: Washington state mulling further travel ban challenge By Gene Johnson SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump's new travel ban is more legally palatable than the old one, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Monday, but it still poses concerns and could prompt further court challenges from the state. Ferguson said his office would evaluate whether the… Read more »

San Juan Journal: Rep. Larsen earns perfect National Environmental Scorecard By Washington Conservation Voters On Feb. 22, Washington Conservation Voters unveiled scores for the Washington delegation as part of the League of Conservation Voters 2016 National Environmental Scorecard. San Juan County’s Rep. Rick Larsen received a score of 100 percent. The scorecard includes… 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 »

Seattle PI: State lawmakers say Sessions 'unfit to serve' if he lied about Russia contacts By Joel Connelly Attorney General Jeff Sessions rendered himself  "unfit to serve" as the nation's chief law enforcement officer by not disclosing two 2016 meetings with Russia's ambassador, say two senior Washington lawmakers who serve on the House Armed Services… Read more »