Mike Chapman

Proposed legislation in the Washington state Senate would provide a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm machinery and equipment purchases.  Under Senate Bill 5092, the equipment must have a minimum price tag of $10,000, while the farmer must have a gross income of less than $2 million.  Jesse Johnso...

Over the last two legislative sessions, whenever the farming community heard about a new Riparian Bill coming from Olympia, concerns and worries started to grow.  But, this time, it could be different, so says state Representative Tom Dent.   ...

Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers in Olympia are trying to boost employment and education opportunism across the Evergreen State.   “Rural Washington, whether in farm country or timber country, we’re open for business," said Port Angeles Democrat Mike Chapman.  "We’ll train t...