MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 15, 2021
Paull Shin
Dr. Paull H. Shin, who served in the 21st Legislative District for many years, died peacefully in his home April 12, 2021. He and his family have been residents of Edmonds since 1968.
Dr. Shin was the first Korean American elected to the Washington State Legislature, where he served for 18 years. He was born in Korea in 1935. He lost his family at an early age and survived, often begging for food on the streets of Seoul until the outbreak of the Korean war in 1950, at which point he became a houseboy for a group of U.S. Army officers. In 1954 one of them, a dentist named Dr. Ray Paull, adopted him and brought him to his home in Utah.
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Alexandra Kelley | April 16, 2021 Peggen Frank, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of her father-in-law, Native American environmental leader and treaty rights activist Billy Frank, Jr., from U.S. President Barack Obama (R) during an East Room ceremony November 24, 2015 at the White House in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill to replace a state statue with one of Billy Frank Jr.
Frank Jr. was an environmental and tribal rights activist.
In 2015, former President Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a posthumous nomination.
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My Edmonds News presents The Daily Legislative Report, covering the 2021 Washington State Legislature. Senate lawmakers discussed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1336, which would create and expand unrestricted authority for public entities to provide telecommunications services to users. The bill passed the House on Feb. 23 by a vote of 60-37, and passed the Senate on April 11, 27-22. The bill’s amendments will now be negotiated between both chambers, and if they can come to an agreement, the legislation will head to the Governor’s office for an opportunity to be signed into law.