by NWHPBA | Dec 3, 2021 | Latest News (2025 and Older)
NWHPBA and HPBA manufacturers opened their doors this year to legislators from Idaho and Washington. These tours, originally done to showcase the work our manufacturers have done in creating clean-burning woodstoves to meet new EPA NSPS guidelines, also helped educate...
by NWHPBA | Nov 11, 2021 | Latest News (2025 and Older)
Article from The Seattle Times by Rachel La CorteWritten November 9, 2021 | Updated November 10, 2021OLYMPIA – Opponents of a mandatory payroll tax to fund Washington state’s new long-term care program filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court seeking to stop the...
by NWHPBA | Nov 2, 2021 | Latest News (2025 and Older)
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is considering raising the fee to register, renew or be reinstated as a contractor by 5.79%. The amount of the increase is the state Office of Financial Management’s maximum allowable fiscal growth...
by NWHPBA | Oct 13, 2021 | Latest News (2025 and Older)
Article by John Crouch, Director, Public Affairs, HPBA Anyone who has purchased gasoline recently already suspects that energy may cost more this winter, but some families, in some parts of the country, may be in for a really big surprise. On October 13th the U.S....
by NWHPBA | Sep 30, 2021 | Latest News (2025 and Older)
TUMWATER — The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced Wednesday the state’s minimum wage will rise to $14.49 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2022. State law mandates L&I calculate the minimum wage for the coming year based on the...
by NWHPBA | Sep 23, 2021 | Latest News (2025 and Older)
A number of things are happening of interest: CALL TO ACTION: STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING TO HEAR COMMENTS ON THE COMMERCIAL ENERGY CODE The State Building Code Council ran out of time last week and did not hear public comments on the...