When you and I sell our homes, we pay real estate excise tax. So how come some businesses don’t pay it on multi-million-dollar transactions? If we hire contractors to remodel…
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520 Bridge Moves Forward!
The SR 520 bridge an important project, and one of the key things I work on as a legislator. We have struggled with this project for the entire time I…
House lawmakers approve legislation to improve bail process
OLYMPIA – Today, House lawmakers approved legislation aimed at improving the way bail is administered in Washington. “Today, we’ve taken a clear step forward in limiting the number of dangerous…
McCoy bill to combat wage theft clears the Legislature
OLYMPIA – Legislation to help employees receive wages they’ve earned, but not been paid for, cleared the Legislature this week. Rep. John McCoy, D-Tulalip, wrote the bill which follows up…
Microsoft goes strong on 520
Microsoft has started a huge new campaign to get the legislature to (finally) approve moving forward on the 520 bridge. The Seattle PI covered it here https://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/195479.asp Microsoft even has…