It’s time for the Legislature to invest in training and education beyond high school

Now that the elections are over, the holidays are upon us, and our lawmakers are gearing up to gather in Olympia for the 2019 legislative session. Their job this year won’t be easy. This is the year the Legislature must write the next two-year state budget, weighing many competing and important demands in the process.

Fortunately, there is one thing on which everyone can agree: people need good, well-paying jobs, and the majority of those jobs require training and education beyond high school. This is true across the state, whether legislators represent urban or rural areas and whether they are Democrats or Republicans.