King bill to spare beekeepers from tax receives committee hearing
Sen. Curtis King this morning told the Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Committee that Washington would benefit if the state’s beleaguered beekeepers could take the money they pay in...
View ArticleKing bill exempting farmers from CDL requirements to become law
The governor is soon expected to sign a measure sponsored by Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, which would clarify in state law that farmers and those who work for farmers need not have a commercial driver’s...
View ArticleKing bill will lessen burden on Washington farmers, employees
Gov. Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 6423 Thursday afternoon, clarifying in state law that farmers and their employees are not required to possess commercial driver’s licenses under certain...
View ArticleKing questions timing of grain-inspection shutdown at Vancouver port
Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, made this statement regarding Gov. Jay Inslee’s recent decision to withdraw the Washington State Patrol security detail that had been escorting state grain inspectors to...
View ArticleKing pleased by tentative agreement that should allow grain inspections to...
Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima and co-chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, made this statement regarding the tentative agreement reached today between United Grain Corporation in Vancouver and the...
View ArticleKing bill to spare beekeepers from tax receives committee hearing
Sen. Curtis King this morning told the Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Committee that Washington would benefit if the state’s beleaguered beekeepers could take the money they pay in...
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King bill exempting farmers from CDL requirements to become law
The governor is soon expected to sign a measure sponsored by Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, which would clarify in state law that farmers and those who work for farmers need not have a commercial driver’s...
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King bill will lessen burden on Washington farmers, employees
Gov. Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 6423 Thursday afternoon, clarifying in state law that farmers and their employees are not required to possess commercial driver’s licenses under certain...
View ArticleKing bill aims to prevent farms, other employers from paying three years of...
Two months after the state Supreme Court issued a confusing ruling that could have disastrous consequences for dairy farms, Sen. Curtis King has introduced a bill to head off what could be a...
View ArticleKing receives award for work on agricultural issues
Sen. Curtis King has been honored by the Washington Farm Bureau for his work on agricultural issues. King, the ranking Republican member of the Senate Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee, was...
View ArticleKing receives awards for work on business, agricultural issues
Sen. Curtis King has been honored this week by two statewide associations for his legislative work on business and agricultural issues. King, the ranking Republican member on both the Senate Labor,...
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