The King County Crisis Care Centers Levy will appear as Proposition 1 on the April 25 Special Election ballot. The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has endorsed this measure and encourages you to vote for approval. You can read the full proposition, along with...
We are now in the final stretch of the 2023, 105-day legislative session. March 29 was the Opposite House Policy Committee Cutoff where all bills that passed their chambers of origin needed to be passed by the opposite chamber policy committee to stay alive this...
We have only four more weeks left in the 105-day legislative session. Last week, hearings and executive sessions on policy bills continued in advance of the March 29 opposite-house policy cutoff. There was also a shift in focus to the budget; the Senate released and...
The city of Seattle's Office of Labor Standards has announced its upcoming rulemaking stakeholder process. The office will hold five virtual stakeholder meetings to gather input for...
Session Kickoff Activities The first week of the 2022 legislative session is complete. The week began Jan. 10 with most legislators participating remotely. The House started with...
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January 11, 2022 Dear Chair Rolfes and members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee: We are writing on behalf of our 2,500 members to strongly urge you to use federal recovery...
Today marks the first day of the 2022 legislative session. Biennial budget cycles last two years, and 2022 is the second half of the current cycle. This means the legislature will go...
 On January 4, Seattle City Council met to elect Councilmember Debora Juarez as the next City Council President (2022-2023). The Council also passed a resolution establishing the...
What is the Payroll Tax? The payroll tax, also called JumpStart tax, was passed by Seattle City Council in June 2020 and went into effect on January 1, 2021. Although the tax has been...
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Today's featured member Chisula Chambers, MPH, BSN, RN, CEO, educator, and speaker, said Nurse Staffing Solutions is a health care staffing and training agency that offers CPR, home...
 There have been nearly 1,000 new pieces of legislation introduced in the 2024 60-day legislative session that kicked off on Jan. 8. Any bill introduced last session that did not...
The 2024 Legislative Session starts Jan. 8 and is scheduled to conclude on March 7. This year, the legislature will work on a supplemental budget, adjusting for current economic...
Special Note: Does your company pay Seattle's Payroll Expense Tax? If you have any questions or concerns, email us here. Last month, the Seattle City Council voted to increase the...
Today's featured members, Matt and Kyle Montes-Valdivia, said after an eventful 8-year hiatus because of their Air Force journey, they have returned to Seattle, ready to relaunch...
Community Business Connector has served Darnesha Weary, who owns Black Coffee Northwest, but it is really Darnesha and her business and nonprofit organization that serve us all. Weary...
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