The Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority is getting $609,290 for a replacement rotary snow blower to keep the airport functional during snow periods.
Funding from the legislation would go towards training school resource officers, security personnel, and school nurses to administer a drug called Naloxone
The group will meet on a quarterly basis, with the goal of conducting research and carrying out initiatives that will help mitigate the fentanyl crisis.
Last month, central Washington Republican Dan Newhouse was once again named Co-Chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus alongside California’s Mike Thompson. Newhouse said this 2nd run as Co-Chair is great news for the Washington wine industry.
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Farmers across the Pacific Northwest will have several opportunities to make their thoughts on the 2023 Farm Bill known.
Oregon’s 5th District representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer will hold a listening session Tuesday March 14th at the Farm Bureau office in Salem. In addit...
On Monday, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse as well as Representative Austin Scott, of Georgia, led a letter to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack with Chair of House Agriculture Committee “GT” Thompson urging immediate action to improve outdated and inefficient FSA program operations.
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On Thursday, Representative Dan Newhouse and his House colleagues introduced the Prohibition of Agricultural Land for the People’s Republic of China Act. Supporter say the legislation would prohibit the purchase of public or private agricultural land in the United States by foreign nationals associated with the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
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On Wednesday, a host of lawmakers, including Washington Representatives Kim Schrier and Dan Newhouse, Kansas Representative Tracey Mann, Minnesota Rep. Brad Finstad, Iowa Representative Ashley Hinson, California's Jimmy Panetta and Jim Costa, as well as Maine's Chellie Pingree, introduced the Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023. Th...