Last week, I told you about the small business grant program announced by The Kitsap Economic Development Alliance and the City of Bainbridge Island. This week I have more good news. The…
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Small Business Grants and an Update on Public Broadband and the Worker Protection Act
COVID relief from state and federal legislation has been flowing into communities and another wave of small business grants are now available. The Kitsap Economic Development Alliance and the City…
State House Passes Worker Protection Act
OLYMPIA – Today, the state House voted 53-44 to pass the Worker Protection Act to allow workers to sue businesses on behalf of the state for violating labor and workplace standard…
Public Broadband Act Passes House
OLYMPIA – Washington’s long-held restriction on public utilities offering public broadband service directly to residents is one step closer to being overturned after the House voted 60-37 to pass the…
Policy Cutoff, Step One for Community and Economic Relief, and Expanding the Foreclosure Fairness Program
We just crossed the first big deadline of the legislative session, policy cutoff. That means a lot of bills are either done for the year and must wait until next…
Public Broadband, Worker Protections, and Remote Session
The legislative session has begun and it has already been one for the history books. Despite the fact our country faced armed insurrectionists raiding the capitol building in D.C., and…
Hansen Announces Bill to Allow Public Broadband
OLYMPIA – Washington has long restricted public utilities and some other governments from offering broadband service directly to their residents. Those restrictions are in state law but could soon change…
COVID-19 Resources
As this is an election year, there are ethics laws that place restrictions on my communications to prevent the use of state resources for election purposes. These restrictions include a…
Rep. Hansen’s 2020 District Newsletter
Click below to read the district newsletter postcard that was sent after the 2020 Legislative Session.
An update on COVID-19 and the Legislature’s response
On the last day of the Legislative Session, I received another briefing with the Washington Secretary of Health, John Wiesman. His top advice was to start practicing social distancing. What…