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		<title>HB 1893 - Unemp ins/strikes &amp; lockouts</title>
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		<description>Updates about HB 1893</description>
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			<title>Prefiled for introduction.</title>
			<description>Prefiled for introduction.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👍Saphir Guth - WA State Employment Security Dept</title>
			<description>Saphir Guth signed up to testify Pro.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:14:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-01-08/First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</guid>
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			<title>👎💵Brad Boswell - Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce</title>
			<description>Brad Boswell signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:51:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Julia Gorton - Washington Hospitality Association</title>
			<description>Julia Gorton signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/washington_hospitality_association/"&gt;Washington Hospitality Association&lt;/a&gt;. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 06:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍April Sims - Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO</title>
			<description>April Sims signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Bryan Shanafelt - UFCW 367</title>
			<description>Bryan Shanafelt signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent UFCW 367.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Rachel Ybarra - Starbucks Workers United</title>
			<description>Rachel Ybarra signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Starbucks Workers United.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍💵Brenda Wiest - Teamsters 117</title>
			<description>Brenda Wiest signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Teamsters 117. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:31:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Jerry Sinclair - AFA Alaska Airlines</title>
			<description>Jerry Sinclair signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent AFA Alaska Airlines.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:31:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Rob Perdue - United Auto Workers</title>
			<description>Rob Perdue signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent United Auto Workers.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:31:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👎Bob Battles - Association of Wa Business</title>
			<description>Bob Battles signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Association of Wa Business.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:35:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Bruce K Beckett - Wa. Retail Association</title>
			<description>Bruce K Beckett signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Wa. Retail Association.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:35:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Bruce Chattin - WA Aggregates &amp; Concrete Assn</title>
			<description>Bruce Chattin signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent WA Aggregates &amp; Concrete Assn. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:13:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Jerry VanderWood - AGC of Washington</title>
			<description>Jerry VanderWood signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent AGC of Washington.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:24:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Ben Heiselt - IBEW 46</title>
			<description>Ben Heiselt signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent IBEW 46.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:28:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Sapir Guth - IBEW 46</title>
			<description>Sapir Guth signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent IBEW 46.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:30:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍💵John Traynor - Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO</title>
			<description>John Traynor signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:38:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Bill Rudd - IBEW 46</title>
			<description>Bill Rudd signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent IBEW 46.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:26:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>Washington lawmakers propose unemployment benefit deemed too pricey for California | Washington | thecentersquare.com</title>
			<description>News article "Washington lawmakers propose unemployment benefit deemed too pricey for California | Washington | thecentersquare.com" from The Center Square.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>The House Hot Sheet for Week 3 of the 2024 Legislative Session – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "The House Hot Sheet for Week 3 of the 2024 Legislative Session – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-01-26/LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.</guid>
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			<title>LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
			<description>LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-01-26/LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</guid>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-01-26/Minority; do not pass.</guid>
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			<title>Referred to Appropriations.</title>
			<description>Referred to Appropriations.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-01-30/Referred to Appropriations.</guid>
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			<title>What bills are dead, alive after WA Legislature’s first cutoff | The Seattle Times</title>
			<description>News article "What bills are dead, alive after WA Legislature’s first cutoff | The Seattle Times" from The Seattle Times.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-05/APP - Executive action taken by committee.</guid>
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			<title>APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</title>
			<description>APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-05/APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</guid>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-05/Minority; do not pass.</guid>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-05/Minority; without recommendation.</guid>
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			<title>Referred to Rules 2 Review.</title>
			<description>Referred to Rules 2 Review.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-05/Referred to Rules 2 Review.</guid>
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			<title>Unemployment benefit bill for strikers gets Washington House committee approval | Washington | thecentersquare.com</title>
			<description>News article "Unemployment benefit bill for strikers gets Washington House committee approval | Washington | thecentersquare.com" from The Center Square.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_83d3d092-c521-11ee-be73-6746c56b37e0.html#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.  Placed on second reading.</title>
			<description>Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.  Placed on second reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-08/Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.  Placed on second reading.</guid>
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			<title>A WA bill would extend unemployment pay to workers on strike | Crosscut</title>
			<description>News article "A WA bill would extend unemployment pay to workers on strike | Crosscut" from Crosscut.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://crosscut.com/investigations/2024/02/wa-bill-would-extend-unemployment-pay-workers-strike#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>A WA bill would extend unemployment pay to workers on strike | Cascade PBS</title>
			<description>News article "A WA bill would extend unemployment pay to workers on strike | Cascade PBS" from Cascade PBS.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:00:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.cascadepbs.org/investigations/2024/02/wa-bill-would-extend-unemployment-pay-workers-strike/#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>A WA bill would extend unemployment pay to workers on strike | Northwest | wenatcheeworld.com</title>
			<description>News article "A WA bill would extend unemployment pay to workers on strike | Northwest | wenatcheeworld.com" from Wenatchee World.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/northwest/a-wa-bill-would-extend-unemployment-pay-to-workers-on-strike/article_ceebb22c-c6e1-11ee-a5b3-5f2a267f9ca7.html#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>1st substitute bill substituted.</title>
			<description>1st substitute bill substituted.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-12/1st substitute bill substituted.</guid>
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			<title>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</title>
			<description>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</title>
			<description>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-12/Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</guid>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-12/Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1.</guid>
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			<title>👎💵Brad Boswell - Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce</title>
			<description>Brad Boswell signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:24:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Robert (Bob) Battles - Association of Washington Business (AWB)</title>
			<description>Robert (Bob) Battles signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Association of Washington Business (AWB).</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 04:10:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>Washington House approves unemployment benefits legislation for striking workers | Washington | thecentersquare.com</title>
			<description>News article "Washington House approves unemployment benefits legislation for striking workers | Washington | thecentersquare.com" from The Center Square.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_4fb92b1a-cab5-11ee-a4d5-7b7e4393ca59.html#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-14/First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</guid>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-14/First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce.</guid>
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			<title>👎kyle bunch - Puterbaugh Construction</title>
			<description>kyle bunch signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Puterbaugh Construction.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎SAM SPIEGELMAN - Citizen Action Defense Fund</title>
			<description>SAM SPIEGELMAN signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Citizen Action Defense Fund.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 04:11:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Jason Vander Veen - Citizen Action Defense Fund</title>
			<description>Jason Vander Veen signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 04:23:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Sarah Bright - SEIU 925</title>
			<description>Sarah Bright signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent SEIU 925.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:19:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👎Jeannette Mcchesney - Citizen Action Defense Fund</title>
			<description>Jeannette Mcchesney signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:36:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">testifier/Jeannette/Mcchesney/2024-02-14 06:36:46</guid>
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			<title>👎💵Jennifer Ziegler - Kaiser Aluminum</title>
			<description>Jennifer Ziegler signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/kaiser_aluminum/"&gt;Kaiser Aluminum&lt;/a&gt;. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:48:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Kairi Beliz - SEIU 925</title>
			<description>Kairi Beliz signed up to testify Pro.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">testifier/Kairi/Beliz/2024-02-14 07:07:21</guid>
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			<title>👎David Baird - Kaiser Aluminum</title>
			<description>David Baird signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:24:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Rashma Agarwal - EASC - Economic Alliance of Snohomish County</title>
			<description>Rashma Agarwal signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent EASC - Economic Alliance of Snohomish County. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Neil Strege - WA Roundtable</title>
			<description>Neil Strege signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent WA Roundtable. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍💵Brenda Wiest - Teamsters 117</title>
			<description>Brenda Wiest signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Teamsters 117. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:56:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👎Jerry VanderWood - AGC and WA Construction Industry Council</title>
			<description>Jerry VanderWood signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent AGC and WA Construction Industry Council.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:03:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Julia Gorton - Washington Hospitality Association</title>
			<description>Julia Gorton signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/washington_hospitality_association/"&gt;Washington Hospitality Association&lt;/a&gt;. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:10:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Melinda Jorge - AFA Alaska</title>
			<description>Melinda Jorge signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent AFA Alaska.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Rachel Ybarra - Starbucks Workers United</title>
			<description>Rachel Ybarra signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Starbucks Workers United.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:23:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👎💵Katie Beeson - Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA)</title>
			<description>Katie Beeson signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA). They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:30:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Bruce Beckett - Wa Retail Association</title>
			<description>Bruce Beckett signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Wa Retail Association. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:35:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Max Martin - Associated Builders &amp; Contractors</title>
			<description>Max Martin signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Associated Builders &amp; Contractors.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Cory Shaw - Washington Aggregates &amp; Concrete Association</title>
			<description>Cory Shaw signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/washington_aggregates_&amp;_concrete_association/"&gt;Washington Aggregates &amp; Concrete Association&lt;/a&gt;. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Michelle Storlie - Washington Aggregates &amp; Concrete Association</title>
			<description>Michelle Storlie signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:19:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Nicalo Elverston - Starbucks Workers United</title>
			<description>Nicalo Elverston signed up to testify Pro.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 06:25:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓Caitlyn Jekel - WA State Employment Security Dept</title>
			<description>Caitlyn Jekel signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent WA State Employment Security Dept.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:04:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</title>
			<description>LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-19/Minority; do not pass.</guid>
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			<title>Initiatives, bill updates, state budgets, and the week ahead | Washington State House Republicans</title>
			<description>News article "Initiatives, bill updates, state budgets, and the week ahead | Washington State House Republicans" from House Republicans.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:38:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</title>
			<description>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</title>
			<description>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-02-23/Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</guid>
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			<title>Don’t extend unemployment benefits to striking workers | The Seattle Times</title>
			<description>News article "Don’t extend unemployment benefits to striking workers | The Seattle Times" from The Seattle Times.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:14:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Final push in Olympia for unemployment benefits for striking workers | The Seattle Times</title>
			<description>News article "Final push in Olympia for unemployment benefits for striking workers | The Seattle Times" from The Seattle Times.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/final-push-in-olympia-for-unemployment-benefits-for-striking-workers/#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>‘We were so close’: Push for unemployment benefits for striking workers fails in Legislature • Washington State Standard</title>
			<description>News article "‘We were so close’: Push for unemployment benefits for striking workers fails in Legislature • Washington State Standard" from Washington State Standard.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 01:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>The last four days of the 2024 legislative session | Washington State House Republicans</title>
			<description>News article "The last four days of the 2024 legislative session | Washington State House Republicans" from House Republicans.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:03:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.</title>
			<description>By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-03-07/By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.</guid>
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			<title>WA bill to offer unemployment pay to striking workers falls short | Crosscut</title>
			<description>News article "WA bill to offer unemployment pay to striking workers falls short | Crosscut" from Crosscut.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://crosscut.com/briefs/2024/03/wa-bill-offer-unemployment-pay-striking-workers-falls-short#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>'We played defense better': WA Republicans on the just-ended legislative session | Washington | thecentersquare.com</title>
			<description>News article "'We played defense better': WA Republicans on the just-ended legislative session | Washington | thecentersquare.com" from The Center Square.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_ff903bd8-dd83-11ee-955d-fb20f554782d.html#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>‘We played defense better’: WA Republicans on the just-ended legislative session</title>
			<description>News article "‘We played defense better’: WA Republicans on the just-ended legislative session" from Gorge News Center.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://gorgenewscenter.com/2024/03/11/we-played-defense-better-wa-republicans-on-the-just-ended-legislative-session/#:~:text=House%20Bill%201893</guid>
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			<title>2024 WA Legislature passes bills on guns, environment, education | Crosscut</title>
			<description>News article "2024 WA Legislature passes bills on guns, environment, education | Crosscut" from Crosscut.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>2024 WA Legislature passes bills on guns, environment, education | Cascade PBS</title>
			<description>News article "2024 WA Legislature passes bills on guns, environment, education | Cascade PBS" from Cascade PBS.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>2024 WA Legislature passes bills on guns, environment, education | Cascade PBS</title>
			<description>News article "2024 WA Legislature passes bills on guns, environment, education | Cascade PBS" from Cascade PBS.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:29:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Boeing pulls healthcare coverage for striking machinists as WA taxpayers step up | Washington | thecentersquare.com</title>
			<description>News article "Boeing pulls healthcare coverage for striking machinists as WA taxpayers step up | Washington | thecentersquare.com" from The Center Square.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>WA Senate approves unemployment benefits for striking workers • Washington State Standard</title>
			<description>News article "WA Senate approves unemployment benefits for striking workers • Washington State Standard" from Washington State Standard.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:22:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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