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...
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...
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....
Last week, the Chamber's Executive Committee voted to endorse King Country's Health through Housing legislation. The legislation imposes a .1% sales tax increase to fund affordable...
The Seattle City Council continues its review of the City of Seattle's 2021 budget (more here), a process that will continue through late November. What's happened so far? So far,...
The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has announced its support for three important ballot measures on this November's ballot: City of Seattle Proposition 1, which would fund...
This November, Washington state voters will weigh in on SJR 8212, a ballot measure that has major implications for the solvency of our public long-term care insurance program. As a...
On September 29, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan gave her annual Budget Address where she unveiled her proposal for the City of Seattle's 2021 budget. While the overall budget is roughly...
Businesses and non-profit organizations of all sizes have an interest in City Hall's decisions, which is why it is so important that our elected officials hear from the diverse...
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Here at the Seattle Metro Chamber, we have to 2,500 companies across the region and 13 different business sectors, from your favorite neighborhood restaurant to brands known around...
Extending light rail to West Seattle and Ballard requires timely decisions to stay on the current schedule of opening the West Seattle extension in 2032 and Ballard in 2037. That is...
Here at the Seattle Metro Chamber, we have to 2,500 companies across the region and 13 different business sectors, from your favorite neighborhood restaurant to brands known around...
The Sound Transit Board of Directors voted unanimously June 23 to hire Julie Timm as the new Sound Transit CEO. Timm most recently served as the CEO of Greater Richmond Transit...
Here at the Seattle Metro Chamber, we have to 2,500 companies across the region and 13 different business sectors, from your favorite neighborhood restaurant to brands known around...
Now is the time to engage with Seattle Mayor Harrell, Seattle City Councilmembers, and Sound Transit Board members about the future of light rail to West Seattle and Ballard. Our...
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