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Spokane state senator talks about 2024 legislative session, retirement

Spokane Public Radio | By Doug Nadvornick
Published March 7, 2024 at 4:00 PM PST
Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane, participated in his final legislative session on Thursday.
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Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane, participated in his final legislative session on Thursday.

Spokane state Senator Andy Billig celebrated his last day in an official legislative setting today. The Senate Majority Leader was there when the gavel dropped to end the 2024 session, though he will stay in his seat until the end of the year.

The day was filled with last-minute votes, including a supplemental state budget and transportation budget. A one-point-three billion dollar capital budget was approved on Wednesday.

Billig talked with SPR's Doug Nadvornick about how those budgets will benefit the Spokane area.
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Doug Nadvornick
Doug Nadvornick has spent most of his 30+-year radio career at Spokane Public Radio and filled a variety of positions. He is currently the program director and news director. Through the years, he has also been the local Morning Edition and All Things Considered host (not at the same time). He served as the Inland Northwest correspondent for the Northwest News Network, based in Coeur d’Alene. He created the original program grid for KSFC. He has also served for several years as a board member for Public Media Journalists Association. During his years away from SPR, he worked at The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Washington State University in Spokane and KXLY Radio.

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