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  • Put politics aside, accept education tax credit

    Leonard Christian, State Senator|Updated Nov 12, 2026

    I talk with parents in Spokane Valley, Greenacres, and other Eastern Washington communities regularly. Behind almost every conversation is a story that stays with you. I hear from mothers whose middle schoolers are still reading at a fourth-grade level due to pandemic learning loss. I speak with working fathers who see their high schoolers struggling with basic algebra, worried their children will not graduate prepared for an apprenticeship, college, or a good career....

  • Don't shut down oversight of children's agency

    Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley|Updated Jan 29, 2026

    When Olympia says 'don't look here,' it's time to start looking really, really hard. Minnesota's deepening Somali daycare fraud scandal naturally is prompting questions about whether the same thing might be happening in Washington state. And one of the most chilling things I've seen lately from our increasingly imperious Democratic leaders is their effort to squelch independent investigation by the news media. They're saying inquiry is racist. The attorney general is hinting r...

  • Children's protections should come first

    Sen. Leonard Christian|Updated Jun 26, 2025

    By the time this piece sees print, I certainly hope Travis Decker is behind bars. For the last several weeks, he has been pursued by law enforcement authorities across rugged North-Central Washington in one of the biggest manhunts in state history. On May 30, the divorced father picked up his three daughters for a scheduled three-hour visitation. The girls were found deceased three days later in a campground near Leavenworth, their arms zip-tied and with plastic bags over their heads. What makes this tragedy especially appall...