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  Newsletter: Telephone Town Hall, Carbon Credits, Update on Bills and More! | March 21, 2023

  Join us in ONE WEEK! . Your 24th district delegation, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, Rep. Steve Tharinger and I will hold a telephone town hall next Tuesday, March 28… READ MORE

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  Franz-Chapman op-ed on carbon credits for the Seattle Times | March 7, 2023

  Hilary Franz, Commissioner of Public Lands, and Rep. Mike Chapman, D-Port Angeles, co-authored this opinion piece for the Seattle Times on HB 1789, which would allow the Washington State Department… READ MORE

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  LEGISLATIVE NEWS: House sends Chapman’s crab sanitary control bill to the Senate for the third time in a row | March 3, 2023

  OLYMPIA—A measure to keep crab fishery from closing, thus ensuring crab meat availability, and a flowing economy along coastal communities, was passed by the House of Representatives on a unanimous… READ MORE

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  LEGISLATIVE NEWS – Chapman and Tharinger: Progress for local courts on family and kids | February 28, 2023

  OLYMPIA—Grays Harbor County is the first since 2008 to join a statewide effort to improve family and juvenile courts. “It’s great to see the 24th District continue to push for… READ MORE

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  Newsletter: Policy Cutoff, Salmon Recovery & Riparian Zones, and Town Hall in March | February 20, 2023

  Dear Friends and Neighbors, This past Friday was policy cutoff. This is the deadline for policy committees to pass bills. In other words, this is the day many bills stop… READ MORE