WA session ends: Lawmakers acted on guns, housing, abortion … but not drugs Rattled by national events and responding to crises closer to home, Washington’s majority Democrats muscled through major…
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…