In the last decade, the Puget Sound region has grown substantially faster than predicted. This is great news for our region, and we are proud to be an area people want to come to—but we want them to stay here too.  At the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, we...
Public hearings on high-profile pieces of legislation on guns, middle housing, recycling, and nurse staffing attracted thousands of supporters and opponents in week two of the legislative session. Nurse Staffing On Jan. 17, the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee...
Interstate 5 is the backbone of our economy and the most significant freight corridor on the West Coast, linking regional, national, and international trade markets. However, I-5 isn’t working for businesses or employees traveling to work, families, and play....
 Last week on Tuesday, March 9, the legislature cleared a major hurdle, the House of Origin cutoff, the deadline for bills to move out of the chamber in which they were introduced....
Week eight is now complete and the 2021 legislative session is more than half over. Last week was filled with floor action in both chambers. The House and Senate have until Tuesday,...
Week seven is now complete and we are approximately one-third of the way through the 2021 legislative session. Following the fiscal committee cutoff on Monday, February 22 both...
The sixth week of the 2021 Legislative Session is now complete, and the Legislature continues to move through the virtual legislative process. Monday, February 15 was the policy...
This week marked the passage of several important bills to provide COVID-19 relief and assistance to businesses. On Monday, February 8, Governor Inslee signed ESSB 5061, which...
The fourth week of the 2021 Legislative Session is now complete. Just one week remains until the first cutoff of February 15, when all bills that are not necessary to implement the...
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Today's featured member, Marcus Cola, CEO of Apex Electrical Group LLC (AEG), said that Apex Electrical Group LLC is a minority-owned, veteran-owned electrical contractor that...
It’s the last week of the 2023 105-day legislative session. April 12 was the Opposite House Floor Cutoff; the last day for the House and Senate to vote on bills that came over from...
Washington’s COVID-19 business rules ended April 1, earlier than the anticipated May 11 date, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has confirmed. Craig Blackwood,...
There are only two weeks left in the legislative session. Last week, legislators primarily focused their attention on moving legislation through fiscal committees by the Opposite...
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...
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