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February 23, 2024
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FEDERAL NEWS
NACo Legislative Conference Wrap-Up
Thank you to everyone who participated in NACo's Legislative Conference last week. The conference brought together nearly 2,000 county officials to focus on federal policy issues that
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COUNTY NEWS
Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for Spokane County Fires
President Joe Biden on Tuesday approved a major disaster declaration for the 2023 Spokane County wildfires, ordering federal assistance to help communities recover.
The Gray and Oregon Road fires started August 18 amid multiple days of record or near-record heat, wind and low relative humidity. In about two days, the blazes tore through more than
20,000 combined acres in Medical Lake and near the town of Elk. Two residents died, thousands were evacuated, more than 360 primary homes were destroyed and about 450 homes were damaged.
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STATE NEWS
Are Housing Affordability and Climate Change on a Collision Course?
Housing affordability is a serious topic in Thurston County. The median price of a home is about $500,000 and average rents are about $1,500. But addressing climate change is a priority,
too, and that's one goal of House Bill 1433, currently working its way through the state Legislature.
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STATE NEWS
Legislators Throw a Life Ring to Washington’s ‘Other’ Ferries
Budget writers in Olympia laid out proposals for how to keep plans afloat to launch electric ferries on Puget Sound. But the increased state aid for Skagit County, Kitsap Transit, and
WA State Ferries comes with a catch: the promised money vanishes if voters repeal the 2021 Climate Commitment Act.
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COUNTY NEWS
$9.7 Million Allocated for SR112 Preservation and Maintenance
At the recent Hybrid Clallam County Emergency Management – North Coast Operational Area Meeting Steve Roark, Regional Administrator for the Washington State Department of Transportation
(WSDOT), provided updates on the SR112 preservation and management project. With a legislature allocation of $9.7 million, Roark emphasized the critical need for strategic prioritization
due to the funding limitations.
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and regional population centers and reduce transportation delay. Eligible applicants are cities, counties, ports, public transit agencies, regional transit authorities, regional transportation
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