Op-ed by Sen. John Braun
Washington taxpayers deserve a better transportation deal than what they’ve been getting.
Unfortunately, the state Department of Transportation has not been a wise steward of taxpayers’ hard-earned money. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Op-ed by Sen. John Braun
It’s time to get Washington’s transportation system moving again.
Here in Lewis County, we are highly dependent on a functioning highway system, without which our timber industry as well as other businesses would be unable to ship their products.
Many people also commute long distances to and from work. Our highways need to be first-rate to accommodate our need for mobility; unfortunately, they are not always up to the task. Continue reading
By Pete Caster
Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, on Wednesday sat across from a semicircle of small business owners and listened to a litany of state- and federal-business regulation horror stories.
Braun and the dozen local entrepreneurs were joined by Patrick Connor, Washington state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and Erin Shannon, director of Washington Policy Center’s Center for Small Business, at the event held at Braun Northwest in Chehalis. Continue reading