Sen. Keith Goehner/R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… Yesterday, the governor signed a bipartisan measure from Sen. Keith Goehner that strengthens local governments’ ability to collaborate with the state on locating major clean-energy projects. The new law clarifies that cities and counties assisting the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC)—the state’s centralized permitting authority for large...

By Sen. Keith Goehner, Washingtonians have good reason to be distrustful of the policies coming out of the state Capitol. While the legislation itself matters, how it’s crafted is also important – and, increasingly, there is less transparency, bipartisanship, or accountability. My goal as a state lawmaker is to work together and avoid partisanship, so...

Rep. Brian Burnett, R-Wenatchee, Rep. Mike Steele, R-Chelan, and Sen. Keith Goehner/R-Dryden/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… 12th District lawmakers announced today that more than $106.7 million in critical projects were funded with the final passage of the 2025-27 capital budget—Senate Bill 5195—a $7.6 billion bipartisan plan to invest in infrastructure, education, housing, water supply, and...