Policy News and Action Alerts - July 13, 2017
Edited by: Austin Neilson, Government & Economic Affairs Director
State Policy News
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Inslee statement on work remaining in final week of special session
"This has been a historic session with a remarkable list of bipartisan accomplishments: fully funding education for the first time in decades, launching transformative changes to our mental health system and services for at-risk children, passing the strongest paid family leave program in the nation, and so much more… Read More |
Inslee calls for Senate Republicans to pass capital budget
After passing 92-1 in the House, the state’s 2017–19 capital budget is being blocked from a vote by Senate Republicans who have said they’re holding the bill hostage, putting school construction and public works projects across the state in jeopardy…
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After passing 92-1 in the House, the state’s 2017–19 capital budget is being blocked from a vote by Senate Republicans who have said they’re holding the bill hostage, putting school construction and public works projects across the state in jeopardy…
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WA Senate Republicans: Crucial rural water-rights issue holds up adjournment of 2017 legislative session
Washington’s 2017 legislative session enters its seventh record-breaking month as a water-rights issue critical to rural property owners becomes the central issue at the statehouse…
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Washington’s 2017 legislative session enters its seventh record-breaking month as a water-rights issue critical to rural property owners becomes the central issue at the statehouse…
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Sen. Brown: Inslee vying for title of most anti-jobs governor in Washington history
Sen. Sharon Brown, the state Senate’s leading advocate for jobs and economic development, voiced outrage today at Gov. Jay Inslee’s veto of a tax incentive aimed at spurring economic growth and increasing manufacturing jobs… Read More |
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Rep. Nealey: Inslee veto reneges on negotiated tax agreement, betrays Washington workers, say House Republican leaders
Despite a negotiated agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate, Gov. Jay Inslee today vetoed a section of Senate Bill 5977, which would have reduced the business and occupation tax on all manufacturers to match the rate paid by The Boeing Company and other aerospace firms… Read More |
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WA Hospitality Association: Washington State Paid Family & Medical Leave Program
After many months of thoughtful, strategic planning by Democrats, Republicans, businesses and labor, Washington has a balanced, bipartisan law to create statewide paid family and medical leave. The bill was signed by Gov. Inslee on July 5, 2017 (see the video) and becomes law 90 days later. Benefits will be available Jan. 1, 2020… Read More |
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AWB: Gov. Inslee vetoes B&O tax relief for manufacturers
Washington's manufacturing sector, a crucial component of the state economy, lost a major opportunity for growth on Friday when Gov. Jay Inslee vetoed part of the Legislature's bipartisan budget deal. Inslee used his line-item veto to eliminate a business and occupation (B&O) tax equalization measure that would have lowered costs for manufacturers… Read More |
AWB: Hirst ruling remains a top priority in capital budget
A bipartisan group of lawmakers spoke with AWB members this morning on the latest legislative work to solve the rural development issues created last fall by the state Supreme Court's Hirst water rights ruling. (Compounded by a similar ruling in the Foster case.)…
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers spoke with AWB members this morning on the latest legislative work to solve the rural development issues created last fall by the state Supreme Court's Hirst water rights ruling. (Compounded by a similar ruling in the Foster case.)…
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Federal Policy News
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Sens. Murray & Cantwell on Secretary Zinke’s National Monuments Review
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) spoke to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke about his proposed recommendation not to make changes to the Hanford Reach National Monument. The senators made the following statements... Read More |
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Newhouse Amendment Addressing Farm Labor Housing Shortage Included in FY 2018 House Agriculture Appropriations Bill
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee marked up the agriculture appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2018. The legislation passed by the committee includes priorities championed by Rep. Newhouse including funding for hops research, directions for the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a study on the distinction between grape varietals rarely consumed raw, and provides funding for the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) programs… Read More |
Central Washington Water, Dam Provisions Included in FY 2018 House Appropriations Legislation
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee’s full committee markup on the fiscal year 2018 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The legislation passed by the committee included funding for previously authorized phases of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Small Modular Reactor development and deployment, and hydropower and nuclear energy, as well as language prohibiting the removal of federal dams and protecting Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights on Army Corps of Engineers land…
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Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee’s full committee markup on the fiscal year 2018 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The legislation passed by the committee included funding for previously authorized phases of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Small Modular Reactor development and deployment, and hydropower and nuclear energy, as well as language prohibiting the removal of federal dams and protecting Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights on Army Corps of Engineers land…
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Newhouse Statement on FY 2018 House Appropriations for Hanford, PNNL
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2018 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which appropriates funding for Hanford cleanup. As a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Rep. Newhouse worked with colleagues to reverse the Trump Administration’s proposed cuts to the Richland Operations Office (RL). The House legislation passed today in committee includes $54 million more than the President’s FY2018 request…
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Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2018 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which appropriates funding for Hanford cleanup. As a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Rep. Newhouse worked with colleagues to reverse the Trump Administration’s proposed cuts to the Richland Operations Office (RL). The House legislation passed today in committee includes $54 million more than the President’s FY2018 request…
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U.S. Chamber: Here’s the Chamber’s Tax Reform Roadmap
Last month, Senate Finance Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) called on all stakeholders to come together and produce recommendations and ideas for tax reform… Read More |
