OLYMPIA—With a strong bipartisan vote of 94-0, the House of Representatives passed a state capital budget that will put tens of thousands of people to work building public schools, colleges,…
House passes record-breaking construction budget
Category: Steve Tharinger
Tharinger: House construction budget invests a record $2 billion for education
$1.1 billion to build public schools and $927 million for colleges and universities OLYMPIA—The state construction budget released by Capital Budget Chair Steve Tharinger (D-Port Townsend) invests heavily in public…
Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman to host telephone town hall March 19
OLYMPIA – Sen. Kevin Van De Wege (D-Sequim), Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Port Townsend) and Rep. Mike Chapman (D-Port Angeles) will host a telephone town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday,…
Legislative update from Rep. Steve Tharinger — I want to hear from you!
This session will last 105 days and among the biggest issues we’re tackling are the same ones you deal with every month: how to pay for long-term costs. Those costs…
How can we create more opportunity and jobs in rural Washington?
Lawmakers meet with leaders and stakeholders in Port Angeles PORT ANGELES—A packed room of stakeholder and business leaders met with lawmakers from around the state to talk about boosting jobs…