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OLYMPIA — Senate legislation passed unanimously today by the House will maintain levels of medical care in rural areas by allowing hospitals to hire highly trained, volunteer emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to provide certain medical care. Having already passed unanimously ...

OLYMPIA — Legislation to erect a memorial to firefighters who die in the line of duty was passed unanimously today by the Senate. Sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Kevin Van De Wege (D-Lake Sutherland), the bill passed in the ...

OLYMPIA — Legislation passed unanimously today by the Senate would reduce the scope of wildfires by encouraging the removal of dead timber and other ground materials that help the fires spread. SB 6121, sponsored by Sen. Kevin Van De Wege ...

Legislation passed unanimously today by the Senate would maintain access to medical care in rural areas by broadening the types of service that may be performed by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) with advanced certification. SB 5940, sponsored by Sen. Kevin ...

Legislation passed today by the Senate would help dispatchers focus on their complex duties, instead of stalled or lagging contract negotiations, by expanding the practice of binding interest arbitration used for first responders such as firefighters and law officers. SB ...

Legislation proposed by Sen. Kevin Van De Wege (D-Lake Sutherland) would counter the growing incidence of wildfires by increasing the efficiency of incinerating potential forest ground fuels and by requiring fire-resistant materials in new houses built in potential wildfire areas. ...

Legislation to erect a memorial to firefighters who die in the line of duty was passed today by the Senate State Government & Elections Committee. SB 5946 would build and maintain the memorial with funds from a non-appropriated account created ...