In Tulalip, Inslee signs bills to push back against opioid crisis
TULALIP — Drums and applause filled the Tulalip Resort Casino on Tuesday, as hundreds celebrated new strides in addressing the opioid crisis.
Away from the walls of the governor’s conference room Tuesday, tribal members and lawmakers witnessed Gov. Jay Inslee sign into law a fleet of bills to help prevent drug overdoses, fortify behavioral health services for tribes and honor a Tulalip leader.
The stroke of a pen made it official. The curriculum responsible for teaching students in public schools about tribal history, government and culture in the Pacific Northwest will now be renamed after late Tulalip state Sen. John McCoy.
McCoy led the effort to create the foundational curriculum in 2005 as a state representative. Then in 2015, as a state senator, he helped pass another bill mandating the curriculum in schools, rather than just encourage it. After representing Tulalip and Everett in the Legislature for nearly two decades, McCoy retired in 2020. Last year, he died at the age of 79.
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