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BUDGET AND TAXES The business community, especially small, locally owned businesses, have been se- verely impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. Many are...

TRANSPORTATION Highway maintenance, capacity and safety improvements beyond the Connecting Washington funding package passed in 2015 are needed,...

ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively affecting small businesses across our state, and East King County was the first...

Today, QFC and Fred Meyer announced a partnership with the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and Bellevue College for free COVID-19 drive-thru...

Bellevue Chamber 2020 Legislative Session – 2020 End of Session Report 2020 Session Summary At 8:00pm on March 12th, the legislature...

Week Overview General Update Opposite house fiscal cutoff was on Monday, March 2nd, which means any bill that did not pass out of the fiscal...

Week Overview General Update The past week was packed with every type of session activity. The flurry started on Monday when the Senate released...

Week Overview General Update Tuesday, February 11th marked the second cutoff of session – House of Origin Fiscal Cutoff. By this date all...

Week Overview General Update Friday, February 7th marked the first cutoff of session where all bills had to move out of the policy committee in the...

Week Overview General Update The first cut-off of session is quickly approaching on Friday, February 7th, which means all bills must pass out of...

Week Overview General Update Last week was another busy week filled with committee hearings on bills and some floor action in both chambers. A lot...

Week Overview General Update The 2020 session began on Monday, January 13th. This is a short session, so it is only scheduled to go for 60 days,...