John Braun

“We are calling on Governor Inslee to fully reopen the state immediately. He had left the door open to a reopening before June 30, and we viewed June 15 as a more appropriate target. Now, with vaccination rates continuing to increase, new CDC guidance and other states showing the way, we no longer see a need to wait two more weeks, and certainly not another month. The time to move our state forward is now. Washingtonians want to return to a sense of normalcy and businesses need more certainty as they attempt to recover.

John Braun ‘20, G’21, is all about numbers. He received a finance degree in his undergrad education, and went on to receive his master’s in business analytics a year later. His favorite class was Data Visualization, because he was able to use tools that the pros use in their careers. A student-athlete at Saint Rose, Braun played the sport that is dominated by statistics: baseball.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – You’re not the only one wondering what Phase 3 looks like – even the senators around the state are scratching their heads. Senate Republican Leader John Braun says, “We should’ve had phase 3 details weeks ago, people are wondering, you can’t go out in the general public and talk to people without them asking, “What’s the next step? How do we get there? What are we going to go?”

Under more normal circumstances, state Senate Republican Leader John Braun would not be in his south Chehalis office midmorning on a weekday. He would have already made himself a quick breakfast in his Centralia home, stopped by his family company, Braun Northwest, and made the drive to the state Capitol. But with the current session being held remotely, Braun spends more time in his home district, out of what he calls the “bubble” of Olympia.

This week St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will welcome Pastor John Braun as its Mission Festival speaker. His church work has included substantial service in higher education and publishing as well as parish ministry in Wisconsin and Illinois. Folks who resided in Watertown in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

District 20 Sen. John Braun will push for a statewide metric requiring the reopening of schools this legislative session. The Centralia Republican and newly-elected Senate Minority Leader pre-filed his first bill in partnership with Democrat Sen. Mark Mullet on Christmas Eve — a bill that would force public schools to reopen if they hit a new statewide benchmark regarding COVID-19 prevalence, but would leave the decision to shift to virtual learning up to school districts.