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King to address public in Vancouver next month after Legislature failed to pass transportation revenue
During the Legislature’s off-season, state Sen. Curtis King will travel the state and beat the drum for transportation reforms and the need to pass a transportation package. King, R-Yakima, announced a public tour around Washington, and one of his stops is in Vancouver on Sept. 24. He’s hoping to talk transportation after the Legislature failed […]
Pike encourages high school girls to enter essay contest sponsored by NRA, women’s policy group
State Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, sent out a media advisory last week encouraging high school girls in her district to enter a NRA-sponsored scholarship essay contest. The winners will receive $3,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. Applicants in the National Rifle Association “Bill of Rights Scholarship Essay Contest” may choose to answer one […]
Sen. Eide holds out hope for CRC
Although governors in Washington and Oregon said they were pulling the plug on the Columbia River Crossing project, state Sen. Tracey Eide, D-Federal Way, pointed out on Friday that “we still have until September to meet the deadline” for paying Washington state’s share of the CRC. In a statement praising Gov. Jay Inslee for his […]
Inslee: tax package with CRC a top priority in special session
Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and state lawmakers controlling the Senate continued to share different views on the Columbia River Crossing as they convened for the first day of a special legislative session today. The session gives legislators more time to hammer out a compromise budget, and a chance to pass a transportation tax package that […]
$450 million for CRC clears House committee hurdle, introduced in Senate
The Columbia River Crossing’s best bet for securing $450 million from Washington state this year advanced out of a House committee today. That proposal, a transportation revenue package that raises taxes and fees to pay for several of Washington state’s big transportation needs, cleared the state’s House Transportation Committee on a series of party-line votes. […]
Let’s go to the tape: Benton says he ‘schooled’ LaHood
State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, wants you to know that he emerged victoriously from a closed-door caucus meeting yesterday with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. LaHood had made a special trip to Olympia to talk about the Columbia River Crossing project. In a boastful press release, Benton states: “We were ready with questions when Governor […]