Advocacy Initiatives Meetings & Events News & Updates 2025 Week 3 Legislative Update-Aerospace Futures Alliance (AFA) By Jennifer Ziegler, AFA Lobbyist- February 1, 2025 We are now three weeks away from this session’s first major legislative cutoff date... ...
As discussed in our prior advisory, the bills delayed premium collections to July 1, 2023, delayed benefits to July 1, 2026, provided for limited relief for employees within 10 years of retirement, and expanded exemptions for certain groups of employees. Significantly, while these changes are ...
Georgia’s Senate passed a bill (SB 362) that would stop businesses from receiving state incentives if they recognize a labor union without a vote of their workers on whether to unionize first. The measure would also require such a vote to be by secret ballot. (GEORGIA ...
It is an honor to serve you in the Washington State Legislature. I am on the Local Government, Transportation, and Community Safety, Juctice, and Reentry committees. In addition, I was elected to leadership as the House Republican Whip in 2019 by my peers. I enjoy advocating for ALL my ...
House Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan CBD Regulation Bills By A.J. HerringtonMarch 27, 2023 A bipartisan pair of lawmakers has introduced legislation to regulate CBD, citing inaction by the FDA... Politics Washington State Lawmakers Approve Interstate Cannabis Commerce Bill By A.J. HerringtonFebruary...
Legislators had pushed more than 100 bills to address the issue of water pollution, but made little progress until industrialization and urbanization from World War II resulted in pollution in U.S. water systems that was so obvious Congress couldn't ignore it. This first act for anti-pollution...
A new bill introduced in Washington’s legislature (House Bill 1118) seeks to fix a significant oversight in the state’s firearm rights restoration law that has been particularly problematic since July 2023. The proposed legislation would address two major issues that currently prevent many Washingto...
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law legislation requiring employers in the state to include salary and benefits information in job postings, rather than waiting until an offer is made, The Seattle Times reported. Senate Bill 5761 applies to employers with 15 or more worker...
Other solutions include increasingtree canopyand shade, expanding assistance programs so low-income households can avoid high utility bills when usingair conditioning, and ensuring more governmental coordination, like the city of Phoenix's Office of Heat Response and Mitigation, the first in the country...
THE LEGISLATURE: HIGH-STAKES TESTING; 11th-grade math test could send grad rates plunging; The state Education Department is waiting to see whether legislators want to keep the test, which includes graduation standards in a larger proficiency test.(NEWS)...