Feb 18 2015

Road-and-transit deal deserves bipartisan support

Those who watch modern politics may have forgotten that there once was a time when legislative bo

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Feb 18 2015

Road-and-transit deal deserves bipartisan support

Those who watch modern politics may have forgotten that there once was a time when legislative bodies worked.

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Feb 13 2015

Senate package scheduled for hearing

The bipartisan statewide transportation package unveiled by Sens. Curtis King and Steve Hobbes last week is scheduled for a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 3:30 in Senate Hearing Room 1 of the Cherberg Senate Office Building.

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Feb 13 2015

SR 167 supporters cheer Senate transportation package

Supporters of the completion of State Route 167 expressed vocal support for the compromise transportation package released yesterday by a bipartisan group of state senators.

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Feb 12 2015

Senate package unveiled

A bipartisan coalition of four senators today announced agreement on a $15 billion, 16-year state

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Feb 11 2015

Maritime industry tied to surface transportation investments like 167 and 509

Senators were reminded of the importance of transportation to a successful, thriving maritime ind

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Feb 10 2015

A potential break in the log jam?

The rumor in Olympia today—that has been confirmed by at least two sources—is that Curtis King, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, and Steve Hobbes, the committee's ranking member, have brokered a deal on a statewide transportation package. 

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Feb 06 2015

Compromise needed to make transportation package a reality

Despite two years of negotiations, a transportation investment package "remains as stuck as a rush-hour commuter," The Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin recently wrote in an opinion piece. 

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Feb 03 2015

Glimmers of optimism?

The Business Examiner headline says it all: "Will this be the year for long-awaited transport package?" 

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Jan 29 2015

Support emerges for gas tax increase to fund transportation

Sen. Curtis King says support is growing in Olympia to raise the gas tax to fund transportation infrastructure investments, according to a recent report by King 5.

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