Keith Goehner

Sen. Keith Goehner/R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… Legislation sponsored by Sen. Keith Goehner to support counties in updating their land-use policies has received final approval from the Legislature and is now headed to the governor for consideration. Senate Bill 5558 would grant 10 counties—including Chelan and Douglas—an extra six months...

Sen. Keith Goehner/R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… State Sen. Keith Goehner today raised serious concerns about the Senate majority’s support of House Bill 1296, criticizing the measure as an unwarranted expansion of state authority that would sideline parents and erode local oversight in education. Goehner, R-Dryden, issued this statement following...

Sen. Keith Goehner/R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… Sen. Keith Goehner says the so-called “rent stabilization” measure passed today by Senate Democrats is a failed policy and would have devastating consequences for housing affordability, small landlords, and renters alike. Goehner, R-Dryden and lead Republican on the Senate Housing Committee, issued this...

KOZI Sen. Keith Goehner on KOZI discusses the no-new-taxes Senate Republican budget, how property tax increases hurt those with fixed incomes, rent control’s potential to deter new housing, parental rights, media access and unbiased reporting. #waleg LISTEN   KPQ Sen. Keith Goehner’s KPQ Radio interview tackles budget challenges, tax proposals,...

Earlier today, my Senate Republican colleagues and I held a press conference on Senate Bill 5798, a proposal by the majority party to raise property taxes on your home. The press conference included myself and Senate Republican leaders, each of us speaking briefly on a different aspect of the bill....

Page Kat Hansch and Sen. Keith Goehner/R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… Kat Hansch, a freshman at Cashmere High School, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. She was one of 15 students who served as Senate pages for the...

By Sen. Keith Goehner, R-Dryden As a state legislator I have consistently fought to protect families and ensure parents, not bureaucrats, have the final say in raising their children. Last year, the Legislature passed Initiative 2081, the Parents’ Bill of Rights, with near-unanimous support. Now, both chambers in Olympia have...

Sen. Keith Goehner/R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… A House committee has unanimously endorsed legislation from Sen. Keith Goehner that would make it simpler for water-sewer districts to offload surplus property. “Senate Bill 5467 is a common-sense update that ensures our water-sewer districts can operate more efficiently without unnecessary bureaucratic delays,”...

Sen. Keith Goehner, R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… Despite bipartisan opposition, Senate Democrats today pushed through a $78.6 billion operating budget—the largest in state history, which relies on the largest tax increase in Washington history. The move came after Democrats rejected Senate Republicans’ $ave Washington plan, a fiscally responsible alternative...