Rural manufacturing tax break gets hearing on Feb. 16 OLYMPIA—Legislation to help create jobs and boost development in timber and farm country is moving forward in the House and Senate,…
Chapman: Lawmakers making quick progress on rural jobs
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Chapman’s rural jobs bill passes House 98-0
OLYMPIA—Legislation by Rep. Mike Chapman (D-Port Angeles) to help the economy in timber and farm country passed the House of Representatives with unanimous support from Democratic and Republican lawmakers. “High…
Tharinger and Chapman applaud passage of $4 billion construction budget
OLYMPIA—The construction budget passed by the House and Senate will build a record $ 1 billion in new public schools and includes more than $46 million in local projects in…
Free tuition in rural Washington gets hearing in House
OLYMPIA—How can we create jobs in timber and farm country? House Bill 2177 by Rep. Mike Chapman (D-Port Angeles) is designed to do exactly that, and the legislation recently got…
Atlantic Salmon Net Pen Solution Proposed by Democrats
OLYMPIA – House Democrats have introduced new legislation that addresses the escape of nonnative fish populations, such as the Atlantic Salmon Net Pen accident that occurred last August. HB 2418…