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A bill aimed at reducing the risk of wildfires through electric utility planning and management practices has been passed by the Washington House. HB 1032 was introduced by 13th District Rep. Tom Dent (R) of Moses Lake, who says it would target several ways to mitigate the risk of wildfires near utility lines in the state...

The legislators of the 13th District, Judy Warnick, Tom Dent and Alex Ybarra, are holding a virtual town hall Wednesday, March 24th beginning at 7 p.m. Pre-registration is required and can be done at this link. The online event is expected to provide an update on the current session in the state legislature for an hour via Zoom ...

Three bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Dent are headed to the governor’s desk for his signature after their passage through the Legislature. “The three bills are in priority areas for me – wildfires, aviation, and children and family services issues,” said Dent, R-Moses Lake. “The short sessions ar...

From a press release: Under legislation passed Monday by the Washington State House of Representatives, foster parents will have an official list of foster parent rights and responsibilities. Rep. Tom Dent, the prime-sponsor of House Bill 2785, said the idea was brought to him by a foster parent group in central Washington...

From a press release-Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill that directs the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to conduct an elk management pilot project to reduce elk highway collisions...

Moses Lake Republican Tom Dent's bill to raise the amount of money that can be offered for aviation grants offered by WSDOT was signed into law yesterday . The maximum grant will shift from $250,000 to $750,000. Dent said the amount had not been updated in decades and was outdated noting, "This is also an efficiency measure...

Washington's rural airports could get a major boost from a House bill that was passed Thursday. The bill's sponsor Tom Dent says they wanted to raise the limit on the amount of grant money an airport can receive from $250,000 to $750,000...