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TWIO (This Week in Olympia) Your Friday Podcast with Marissa Rathbone

by Marissa Rathbone
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About the show

The Washington Association of School Administrators will be posting a short podcast from Marissa Rathbone on a regular basis throughout the 2026 Legislative Session. This podcast will focus on key legislative issues in the state of Washington to keep WASA members informed of hot topics and emerging conversations in Olympia. More info can be found on our website at https://wasa-oly.org.

Latest episodes

  • Week 9 Update--3/13/26

    March 13, 2026 · 16 min

    Today is March 13th, and this is also our last TWIO, at least for the foreseeable future. My name is Marissa Rathbone, and I'm the Assistant Executive Director of Government Relations with WASA and a very proud product of Washington Public…

  • Week 8 Update--3/6/26

    March 6, 2026 · 10 min

    We are now at the end of week eight of this nine week legislative session. Today is March 6th, and it marks the opposite chamber cutoff deadline for bills to pass out of the chamber opposite where they started.

  • Week 7 Update--2/27/26

    February 27, 2026 · 21 min

    This week, both the House and Senate passed their proposed operating budgets. We are now entering negotiations between the chambers. Both proposals continue operating within an ongoing imbalance between spending and revenue. That gap does…

  • Week 6 Update--2/20/26

    February 20, 2026 · 13 min

    It's Friday February 20, and this marks the end of week six of a nine week legislative session. And if this week actually had some kind of weather pattern, it would be all of them.

  • Week 5 Update--2/13/26

    February 13, 2026 · 10 min

    Public education matters, students matter, equity matters, and the future of our state matters.

  • Week 4 Update--2/6/26

    February 6, 2026 · 17 min

    It's Friday, February 6th, and I'm really grateful you're here yet again. Taking time to stay engaged. Especially at such a busy point in your own school year and in our legislative session, I can assure you that your attention, your…

  • Week 3 Update--1/30/26

    January 30, 2026 · 13 min

    Yesterday I was joined at the Capitol by several of my colleagues from WASA, WSSDA and WASBO, along with superintendents, school business officers, school board members, and student board representatives from across the state. We came…

  • Week 2 Update --1/23/26

    January 23, 2026 · 15 min

    Week two of a 60 day session, nine weeks in total. So we've got seven more to go where momentum really starts to build. Committees are deeper into hearings, bills are stacking up, and pressure is quietly increasing.