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Legislative Session Week 9: Final Update on High-Priority Bills – Long-Term Care, Paid Family & Medical Leave + More
End of Session – March 7-10 The 2022 legislative session has officially adjourned. In the final week, legislators worked around the clock to finalize the budgets, work bills deemed necessary to implement the budget, reconcile differences between bills passed in the...
2022 Legislative Session Update – A Game Changer For Our Region
Greetings, Seattle Metro Chamber members, We started the 2022 legislative session in January with some audacious goals and priorities, including: Investing hundreds of millions of dollars statewide into addressing homelessness and housing Passing a transportation...
Legislative Session Week 8: Priority Bill to Help Small Businesses Passes Senate & Fuel Tax Stripped from Transportation Funding Package
Week Eight – Feb. 28-March 4 Last week, the legislature passed two major cutoff deadlines, narrowing down the policy and fiscal bills still in play. Monday, February 28 was the opposite house fiscal cutoff, and Friday, March 4 was the opposite house floor cutoff....
Update on the state legislature’s proposal to allow a King County payroll tax
We want to update you on the work we are doing to advocate for you on Substitute House Bill 2907, which would allow King County to enact a payroll tax on businesses located within the...
Carefully evaluating a new tax proposal for King County
House Bill 2907, which would allow King County to impose a payroll tax on businesses located within the county, is moving quickly through the legislature. The House Finance Committee...
Chamber Sets Its Priorities For State Advocacy In 2020
The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce is the largest and most diverse business association in the region. In 2020, the Chamber will advocate for the following state policy...
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What we heard from you on readiness for reopening
At the Chamber, we are constantly evaluating how we can be the best partner to our member companies during these difficult times. One of the most valuable tools in this evaluation is...
Honoring Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in Seattle
Every May, we celebrate the rich history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In and around Seattle, and online, there are many...
Paycheck Protection Program: Beyond the Headlines
The federal government's Paycheck Protection Program has drawn a lot of headlines as the most visible form of immediate relief for businesses. What you might not know is that the PPP...
Planning ahead for a safe reopening
On May 1, Governor Jay Inslee announced that he is extending our state's stay-at-home order through May 31 and shared his four-phase plan for what our state's reopening will look...
Our new virtual Leadership Mission Exchanges to Hong Kong, Seoul, Munich, Dublin, and Toronto
COVID-19 has impacted every country on earth, changing the way we all do business, connect with each other, and go about our daily lives. We created two unique opportunities to hear...
Local Business Community Rallies to Provide Hand Sanitizer and Supplies to 500 Small Businesses in Washington
On April 29, the Business Health Trust, an association health plan serving small businesses throughout Washington state, and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce began a...
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