On July 3, 2023, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has been awarded a $25 million RAISE Discretionary Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
This week, U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) toured several Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funded projects across the South Sound. Since IIJA became law in late 2021, dozens of local infrastructure priorities have been completed or are under construction.
For generations, Olympia Brewing Co., in Tumwater, Washington, churned out bottles and cans of beer stamped with the brand’s famous slogan: “It’s the Water.”
The Tacoma City Council is currently seeking applicants to fill six positions on the Tacoma Area Commission on Disabilities: five member positions and one youth position, between the ages of 16 and 18.
The City of Destiny Awards will be presented with a ceremony at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall (2727 East D Street in Tacoma) on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
On June 27, 2023, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that the Washington State Department of Transportation will receive funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to purchase transit vehicles and a bus washing system for Grays Harbor Transit Authority to replace aging buses.
This week, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Harriet Hageman (WY-At-Large), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Jack Bergman (MI-01), and John Rutherford (FL-05) announced the reintroduction of the VALID Act, bipartisan legislation to help ensure veterans have the tools and resources they need to access home loans and attain homeownership.
On June 22, 2023, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that the City of Port Angeles has been awarded a $16.13 million RAISE Discretionary Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
On June 22, 2023, Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act to provide grant assistance for those who travel long distances to receive reproductive health care, including abortion care.
On June 22, 2023, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that the Port of Bremerton has been awarded a $9.4 million RAISE Discretionary Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
On June 21, 2023, Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12), and Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA-02) introduced bicameral legislation, The 1890s Advancing and Building Leadership and Excellence Opportunity Act of 2023, known as the ENABLE Opportunity Act of 2023.
On June 21 2023, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) applauded the launch of the U.S. Department of Commerce's first Climate Resilience Regional Challenge.
On June 20, 2023, U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller and the City of Tumwater to tour areas of the 100-acre Olympia Brewery brownfield site to highlight the immediate impact of the $500,000 EPA Brownfields grant on that the City of Tumwater recently received.
As part of its ongoing work to address disparities for historically underutilized businesses owned by minority, women, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, the City of Tacoma’s Equity in Contracting team is partnering with the Washington State Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises to host a business certification workshop and Q&A session on June 28, 2023, from 11 AM – 12:30 PM.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the City of Tacoma City Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2023 Annual Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Regulatory Code.