Dear friends and neighbors, Earlier this week, the House Democrats proposed the new transportation budget for the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, providing a spending authority of $13.6B. The budget reflects several…
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House Democrats release state transportation budget
OLYMPIA—House Democrats proposed a second supplemental transportation budget for the 2021-23 biennium and the new transportation budget for the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, providing a spending authority of $10.3B and $13.6B,…
MEDIA ADVISORY: State House Democrats to Release Transportation Budget Proposal on Monday
WHO: Transportation Committee Chair Jake Fey (D-Tacoma) and Vice Chairs Brandy Donaghy (D-Mill Creek), Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor), and Joe Timmons (D-Bellingham) WHAT: House Democrats will release their proposed state…
Opening the procurement of new vessels at Washington State Ferries to national shipbuilders
OLYMPIA— “Addressing challenges within the Washington State Ferries (WSF) is vital to staying efficient and eliminating the expense of maintaining vessels that have outlived their expected lifespan. Many of these…
27th LD Update: Important Transportation Bills + Join Me at a Town Hall on 3/18
Dear friends and neighbors, The last time I wrote you, we had not yet started our 10-day run of bills on the House floor. That hectic activity ended last Wednesday,…
Fey’s Bill to Form a Working Group to Restart the Airport Process Passes House
OLYMPIA—This afternoon the House passed HB 1791 with a vote of 88-9, which will ultimately restart the process on Washington’s airports. “Opposition to the state’s proposed airport sites had been…
House Approves Fey Legislation to Help Homeless Students
OLYMPIA – Legislation sponsored by Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma) to help combat student homelessness by providing additional resources to schools and communities was approved by the House today with a…
Fey’s State Trooper Bill Advances to the Senate
OLYMPIA—Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma)’s bipartisan bill (SHB 1638) to make being a state trooper a more attractive career choice was heard on the House floor today and passed with a…
27th LD Update: Transportation Bills are in Motion + Save the Date for an In-Person Town Hall
Dear friends and neighbors, In Olympia, we are getting closer and closer to floor action in the House. Debates on bills on the House floor start on Monday, Feb. 27,…
Fey on HB 1638: An Incentive Program to Make Being a State Trooper a More Attractive Career Choice
OLYMPIA—Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma) has introduced HB 1638, which will focus on the recruitment for the Washington State Patrol (WSP). The bill is an incentive program to make being a…