rural washington

Seventh District Rep. Joel Kretz (R-Wauconda) is proposing legislation that would change the way rural communities in Washington are defined. The onus for Kretz's House Bill 1835 (HB 1835) is the need to increase high-speed internet connectivity in the state's more sparsely populated areas...

Rural economic development seems to be the phrase on lots of lips in Olympia these days. Representative Mike Chapman, a freshman Democrat from Port Angeles, is leading the charge with several pieces of promising legislation geared to help small businesses and create jobs in communities a long way from Seattle...