Hanna Scott and John Sattgast with the Republican House Caucus Communications Department releases reports on bills with clips of representatives. This is a rebroadcast of the Capitol Buzz weekly report. In an attempt to bring more insider information to the Oly Insider podcast, we will start...
Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt are back in the Positive Intentions Media studio in Olympia, Washington to cover another week of legislative action. This episode is a follow up from episode 5 when Oly Insider released an op-ed on the The Dangers of AG Nick Brown’s Agency Request Bills. Three of...
John Sattgast with the Republican House Caucus Communications Department releases reports on bills with clips of representatives. In an attempt to bring more insider information to the Oly Insider podcast, we will start including these reports into our normal broadcast feed. They will be titled...
Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt are back in the Positive Intentions Media studio in Olympia, Washington performing double duty this week! The two discuss follow up from the previous episode The Dangers of AG Nick Brown’s Agency Request Bills. Fratt's op-ed was published in The Center Square and...
Oly Insider podcast is produced in Olympia Washington by Positive Intentions Media with hosts Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt. The Attorney General wants to assemble a secretive force of investigators, including foreign visa holders, with expanded powers and hidden identities. In Washington State,...
Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt host the Oly Insider podcast from the Positive Intentions Media studio in Olympia, Washington covering the Washington State Legislature. The citizen volunteer dynamic duo continued discussion on SB-5608 to start the show, but the main analysis was directed at HB-2100...
Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt discuss HB-2105 with special guest Rep McEntire (R) LD19. HB-2105 Concerning immigrant worker protections. Requires an employer to notify its workers and certain former workers within 72 hours of receiving a federal Notice of Inspection of its Employment Eligibility...
Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt covered HB-2123 and HB-2210 this week as they were heard in The House State Government & Tribal Relations. HB-2123 Concerning foreign national participation in Washington state elections. Repeals the state prohibition on contributions and expenditures by foreign...
Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt return to the Positive Intentions Media studio in Olympia, Washington to cover the 2026 Washington State Legislative Session. Representative Matt Marshall (R) from the 2nd Legislative District joined Oly Insider to answer a couple questions about what to expect from...
Can you hear The Doors music playing: "This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end." In Washington State for common sense citizens, this track fulfills the ominous tone intended as the State Legislature winds down to a furious finish of policy bills and budget proposals. Erica Engelhart and...
Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt share an important hidden aspect of the legislature not being covered by media or government watchdogs. The legislative body is governed by rules. Each session the body passes rules that establishes the framework for how the people's business is to be conducted during...
Several of the bills covered since January by Oly Insider are nearing the end of their travels through the Legislature. Erica Engelheart and Jay Fratt are back in studio to cover two bills in the House Appropriations Committee and one bill that has breezed through the process awaiting Governor...
UPDATES! Covering the legislature has become a blur from so much activity. Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt are back in studio to share the deets on bills tracked, philosophical understanding of Democrat legislators, and a dangerous piece of legislation flying under the click bait radar. HB-1133 -...
Breaking! Among all the mess within the thousand bills submitted each year, a sneaky bad bill always seems to get passed the general public. SB-5068 is one of those bills - Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for...
SB-5098 Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities. SB-5098 would ban firearms in public places where children could be present. Like...
Still alive. Still kickin. Still tracking bills in Olympia Washington. Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt are back in the Positive Intentions Media studios in Olympia Washington to cover the 2025 legislative session. HB-1018 - Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for...
Who knew life would bring two family types living the American dream to watching the state legislature after midnight on a weekend? Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt continue traversing the legislative process this week as the House of Origin cut-off looms on the horizon. HB-1018 The EFSEC Fusion...
Not a podcast episode, but another tutorial on how to navigate the resources provided for the public. First up, in the last episode of Oly Insider Representative Peter Abbarno spoke about a "run list" of bills that passed through committee and are eligible to bring to the floor for debate and vote...
EP-010 Abbarno Floor Insights Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt answer the pressing question of the week - "How do we know when a bill we are following is up for debate and a floor vote?" We were able to grab Representative Peter Abbarno (R LD20) to help us understand the scheduling of a bill once it...
Safe Zone: Jay does not shoot off his finger guns in this episode. But the tag team duo of Erica Engelhart and Jay Fratt are back in the Positive Intentions Media studio located in Olympia Washington this week to cover SB-5098, which made it through the Senate Law and Justice Committee to the Ways...
