Posts Tagged ‘budgets’
2019 Legislature Budget Wrap, 12th District Impacts with Sen. Brad Hawkins
This year’s legislative session came down to the wire. And not without its fair share of political bickering from both sides of the aisle. Marcus Bellissimo reports. And 12th District Senator Brad Hawkins joined Dan Langager today on the KOHO Morning Show, as he has every Tuesday during the 2019 legislative session in Olympia. Today…
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2019 Legislature: Gov. Signs Sen. Hawkins’ Hydrogen Fuel Bill, Hydropower Tax Break Still Alive
12th District Senator Brad Hawkins joins Dan Langager every Tuesday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2019 legislative session in Olympia. Today Hawkins talks about his hydrogen fuel bill signed by the Governor last week and the latest with a proposal to give PUDs and their hydropower projects the same tax breaks as other…
Read More2019 Legislature: Sen. Hawkins on Budgets, Deadlines, Education Levies
12th District Senator Brad Hawkins joins Dan Langager every Tuesday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2019 legislative session in Olympia. Today Hawkins talks about crunch time for many bills and budgets in the Legislature this week. One proposal would provide hydro-power projects similar benefits as solar and wind power and another would increase…
Read More2019 Legislature: Reps. Steele, Goehner on Three Biennium Budgets, Potential ‘Overtime’
Continued in Part 2: 12th District State Representatives Mike Steele and Keith Goehner join Dan Langager every Friday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2019 legislative session in Olympia. Today they talk budgets. Lawmakers must pass three biennium spending plans for the next two years – the state’s operating, capital and transportation budgets. Steele…
Read More2019 Legislature: Sen. Hawkins on DNR Forest Health Budget Request, Senate Operating Budget
12th District Senator Brad Hawkins joins Dan Langager every Tuesday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2019 legislative session in Olympia. Today Hawkins talks revenue and budgets. State Commissioner of Hilary Franz unveiled a $62.5 million plan to hire more firefighters, purchase two new helicopters and conduct more fire preventative initiatives. Hawkins said he…
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2019 Legislature: Lands Commissioner Franz, Senate Democrats Release Wildfire, Forest Health Funding Bill
A plan to reduce the state’s wildfire risk and create healthier forests has been introduced in the state Senate. KOHO’s Ken Johannessen has the details on what it aims to achieve and what it will cost.
Read More2019 Legislature: Reps. Steele, Goehner on Three Biennium Budgets
12th District State Representatives Mike Steele and Keith Goehner join Dan Langager every Friday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2019 legislative session in Olympia. Today they talk budgets. Lawmakers must pass three biennium spending plans for the next two years – the state’s operating, capital and transportation budgets. Steele serves on the House’s…
Read More2019 Legislature: House Democrats Unveil Two-Year Operating Budget Proposal
House Democrats – in the majority – proposed their operating budget for the next two years for the state. So far, it’s less than the Governor’s plan and despite a budget surplus, it does include some tax increases, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.
Read More2018 Session: Senator Brad Hawkins Talks Local Projects In Supplemental Budgets, Sponsored Bills, Public Records Act
12th District Senator Brad Hawkins joins Dan Langager every Tuesday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2018 legislative session in Olympia. Today Hawkins talks about the three supplemental budgets passed by the Senate this week – operating, capital, transportation, how to spend extra revenues and increase teacher pay, whether bills he’s sponsored in the Senate…
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