Senator Holmquist earns award

OLYMPIA, Wash. In May, the state’s largest small-business association gave its coveted Guardian of Small Business award to 69 legislators. Today, it singled out Sen. Janéa Holmquist as one of only two lawmakers to receive its Outstanding Legislator honor for the 63rd Washington State Legislature.

Holmquist is the first lawmaker in at least a decade to be named National Federation of Independent Business’s Outstanding Legislator a second time.

“While we are always eager to recognize those who stand with small business on tough votes, we do not bestow our Outstanding Legislator award lightly,” s...