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In every legislative session, lawmakers can sponsor students to serve for one week — five business days — as legislative pages. During those five days, the students are immersed in the Legislature while assisting senators and staff. I mention this ...

The San Juan Islander reported today on the impact of state grants to two non-profit groups that bolster the region’s maritime tradition while creating well-paying jobs in rural areas like Port Hadlock. You can read the full story here.

Legislation to prohibit the sale of firefighting foam that contains chemicals deadly to people and destructive to the environment was signed into law today by Gov. Jay Inslee. “This will limit contamination and exposure to these persistent chemicals, which build ...

Three bills and a key budget proviso would improve prospects for job growth on the Olympic Peninsula and in rural and coastal areas across the state, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, said today. The proviso secured by Van De ...

A Senate bill passed late Tuesday by the House will prohibit the sale of firefighting foam that contains chemicals deadly to people and destructive to the environment past July of 2020. “This will limit contamination and exposure to these persistent ...

More state land would be opened to timber harvesting under a proviso Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, secured in the Senate’s proposed operating budget. Since 1997, the state has restricted harvesting on 176,000 acres of state trust lands to ...

Property owners might be wise to delay paying their full 2018 property taxes until after the close of the 2018 legislative session in March, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, said today. “Democrats are working hard to protect homeowners from ...