Rep. Kevin Waters In The News

A slow winter season in Skamania County is worsening the impacts of a broader tourism downturn the county has suffered since pandemic-era outdoor recreation booms began to wane.

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Lawmakers in Olympia have approved a memorial

House Bill 2653 would allow Washington counties to manage fuel breaks on federally owned land near roadways and retain revenue from timber sales tied to wildfire prevention work.

Two bipartisan bills from Rep. Kevin Waters passed the Washington State House of Representatives this week, including one allowing alcohol producers and breweries to sub out their kitchen space to people with restaurant experience.

On Tuesday, the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee unanimously passed a bipartisan bill from Rep. Kevin Waters that would allow alcohol producers, including breweries, to sub out their kitchen space to people with restaurant experience.

Key bills introduced by local lawmakers — including ones that would shield people from surprise ambulance costs and launch a drug overdose prevention campaign — remain alive after this week’s legislat

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Washington State’s 2023 Legislative Session has come to an end as several bills from local lawmakers will be signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee in the coming weeks. The session adjourned…

Before the Washington Legislature wrapped up on Sunday, lawmakers had waded through more than 2,100 bills, measures and resolutions during the 105-day session. Over 200 of those were introduced by Cla

The Washington state House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 5765 on Tuesday, April 18, which would open the door for tolling on the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project between Vancouver and …

The Washington State House passed a bill to make

Legislators representing the east side of Clark County are seeing their authored bills progress through the lawmaking process, as one bill moves onto the Senate after passing on the House …

The numbers don’t add up. Nationally, there are approximately 11 million job openings — and only about half that many people seeking employment. The result is that employers are having a difficult…

According to the Washington State Patrol, “fleds” — law enforcement’s term for criminals fleeing crimes with no police pursuit — more than doubled from 2021 to 2022. And no wonder, considering that…

They say America is a land of laws. The number of laws governing our citizens continues to grow each year and Washington is certainly no exception. Legislators have introduced more than 1,300…