Final state transportation budget boosts funding for highways, ferries, traffic safety and the Climate Commitment Act / El presupuesto estatal final de transporte impulsa la financiación de carreteras, transbordadores, seguridad vial y la Ley de Compromiso Climático
Ver más abajo para versión en español OLYMPIA— Budget leaders in the Washington State Legislature announced an agreement today for $13.5 billion to fund the state’s transportation needs over the...
Pollet Boosts Special Education Funding
OLYMPIA – Students with disabilities and exceptional needs continue to lack equitable access to special education programs and funding in Washington state. Seeing an “unconscionable” failure to meet the state’s...
Final state budget agreement boosts funding for students, workers, behavioral health, housing, climate action
OLYMPIA – Budget leaders in the Washington State Legislature announced an agreement today on a $69.3 billion, two-year budget to fund critical state services, including behavioral health, public schools, affordable...
Construction Workforce Expanding Under Riccelli Apprenticeship Bill
OLYMPIA – Under legislation sponsored by Rep. Marcus Riccelli (D-Spokane), the skilled trade workforce should expand due to new requirements to include more apprentices on municipal public works contracts. Passed...
Hansen secures $50M for public broadband
OLYMPIA — Washington state tribes, public utility & port districts, towns, cities and counties will see $50 million more in state funding for public broadband services following passage of the...