Colette Weeks

May 31, 2024 | spokesman.com | Mike Fancher |Robert McClure |Colette Weeks

By Mike Fancher, Robert McClure and Colette WeeksWashington House Speaker Laurie Jinkins has been the chief proponent of the claim that Washington legislators are entitled to a personal “legislative privilege” that allows them to conceal some records that would otherwise be public. But the Tacoma Democrat is avoiding testifying in court about how that so-called privilege would work.

May 28, 2024 | tri-cityherald.com | Mike Fancher |Robert McClure |Colette Weeks

Flanked by Sen. Andy Billing (D-Spokane), House Speaker Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) responds to a media question concerning the use of legislative privilege during the 2023 Legislative Preview held in the John A. Cherberg Building on the state Capitol campus in Olympia on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

May 25, 2024 | thenewstribune.com | Mike Fancher |Robert McClure |Colette Weeks

Flanked by Sen. Andy Billing (D-Spokane), House Speaker Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) responds to a media question concerning the use of legislative privilege during the 2023 Legislative Preview held in the John A. Cherberg Building on the state Capitol campus in Olympia on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

May 22, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Colette Weeks |Mike Fancher |Robert McClure

Washington House Speaker Laurie Jinkins has been the chief proponent of the claim that Washington legislators are entitled to a personal “legislative privilege” that allows them to conceal some records that would otherwise be public. But now the Tacoma Democrat is trying to avoid testifying in court about how that so-called privilege would work.

Jul 14, 2023 | goskagit.com | Colette Weeks