I hope this letter finds you well. As we head toward summer and much of what happened during the 2024 legislative session becomes history, I wanted to reach out and remind you that I’m still hard at work representing the people of the 17th District.  The 2024 legislative session ended two months ago but a...

Rep. Paul Harris recaps the 2024 legislative session together with Rep. Kevin Waters and Sen. Lynda Wilson, including public safety, the state budgets, and the six public initiatives introduced to the Legislature earlier this year.

On Tuesday, the governor signed into law a bipartisan bill from Rep. Paul Harris that will provide a much-needed boost to the semiconductor industry in Washington. House Bill 2482 will extend two tax preferences for semiconductor manufacturing until Jan. 1, 2034. The legislation also reinstates six tax preferences that expired on Jan. 1, 2024, and...