The Legislature’s budget writers have a fresh problem they likely welcome: What to do with an additional $1.4 billion? The fresh money arrived Wednesday morning… Continue Reading Budget-writers’ new problem: How to spend another $1.4 billion | Washington State WireContinue Reading
February 16 — Yesterday was the cutoff date for legislative bills to make it out of their house of origin. Substitute House Bill 1652 (concerning… Continue Reading Conservation district elections bill did not advanceContinue Reading
Week of February 7-13, 2022 The legislative session has reached the halfway point. Both the Senate and House now allow twice as many members on… Continue Reading Week 5 General Legislative ReviewContinue Reading
WACD is seeking input from its member districts on the amendments made to HB 1652. This is WACD’s priority legislation for this session, the legislature… Continue Reading WACD Seeks Comments on CD Elections BillContinue Reading
Week of January 31-February 4, 2022 The Thursday, February 3rd deadline for bills to pass the House of Origin policy committee has now passed and… Continue Reading Week 4 General Legislative ReviewContinue Reading
The King Conservation District would be able to elect supervisors in November while other districts could stick with lower-profile and cheaper elections under a bill… Continue Reading Washington House panel endorses moderate election reform for conservation districts | Rural Life | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
Selected excerpts from WAWG’s post: Governor’s Riparian Buffer Bill Appears Dead for Now There has been a lot of drama involving the Governor’s salmon recovery… Continue Reading State legislative report 01/31: First legislative deadline approaching | WAWGContinue Reading
Legislative Strategy Come 5:00 PM on Thursday, February 3rd, the nature of the legislative session will change. This is inevitable as the collective attention of… Continue Reading WACD Legislative Strategy & the Remainder of SessionContinue Reading
Week of January 24-28, 2022 As the third week of the 2022 legislative session ends, one-third of the frenetic 60-day session has now passed. This… Continue Reading Week 3 General Legislative ReviewContinue Reading
Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday his mandatory buffer bill probably won’t pass, blaming opposition on a lack of support for cooling streams to save salmon.… Continue Reading Inslee’s mandatory buffer bill failing to move | Rural Life | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
