Session Preview The 105-day legislation session and first half of the biennial budget cycle begins today, Monday January 13, 2025. The legislature will pass the state’s Operating, Capital, and Transportation budgets for the next two years. The legislature must pass a...
The Index is the Seattle Metro Chamber’s research project to surface what voters believe so that debates on key issues unfold in a way that more accurately reflects how voters and our employees actually feel about living in our region. This research is not about who’s...
The 2024 legislative session adjourned Sine Die at 5 p.m. on March 7 after lawmakers worked long days and nights to wrap up the budgets, address bills necessary to implement the budget, pass three of the six initiatives, reconcile differences in bills approved by both...
The state legislature kicked off the 2023, 105-day session and the first day of the new biennium on Jan. 9. As of Jan. 13, there have been nearly 800 bills introduced. Many bills are...
From the CEO Welcome to 2023! As your regional chamber of commerce, our advocacy includes working in Olympia, where we focus on bringing state policymakers a broad-based business...
Advocating for the needs of Seattle voters and businesses with our federal elected officials is an important priority for us. In 2022, the Seattle Metro Chamber built on a strong...
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On Nov. 30, the Seattle Metro Chamber hosted Lindsey Sosa and Gary Kawamura from Archbright to learn more about the new pay transparency rules for salary ranges and benefits...
On Nov. 21, Seattle City Council members voted on amendments to Select Budget Committee Chair Teresa Mosqueda’s 2023-2024 proposed Balancing Package, the vehicle City Council uses to...
Voters will start receiving ballots in the coming days for the Nov. 8 General Election. And if you are a Seattle voter you will be asked to weigh in on two competing ballot measures...
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Today's featured members, Andrea Gonzalez, Head of Business Development, and Mau Tellez, Head of Business Development & Marketing, of Vlack Media say the company is a full-service...
This week the legislature cleared a major hurdle, the House of Origin Cutoff. March 12 was the deadline for bills to move out of the chamber in which they were introduced. This year,...
Today's featured member, Lee Seeger, Virtual Tasting Specialist, Wine Educator and Event Specialist for House of Smith, says House of Smith's Jet City Tasting Room is the largest...
Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting The legislature has now passed the half-way point of the 105-day session. As we approach the March 12 house of origin cutoff, some bills will...
Trustees advise, govern, promote and oversee policy and the overall direction of the Chamber in support of the mission to help members thrive in an equitable and inclusive regional...
We are approaching the midpoint of the 105-day 2025 legislative session. Feb. 28 was the last day to move bills out of fiscal committees in their house of origin. This week,...
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