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State lawmakers report 2025 session wins to Anacortes; city staff outlines local outcomes
Summary
Sen. Liz Lovelett and Rep. Alex Ramel briefed the Anacortes City Council on 2025 state legislation that could affect the city, and city staff reported which local funding requests and priorities advanced in Olympia.
Senator Liz Lovelett and Representative Alex Ramel of Washington’s 40th Legislative District visited the Anacortes City Council on June 2 to summarize the 2025 legislative session and to discuss how several bills and budget decisions could affect Anacortes.
City staff then reviewed the city’s 2025 legislative priorities and which items received state or federal support this year.
The briefings mattered because the session produced new statewide rules and funding decisions that affect local planning, transportation and recycling costs, and because the city requested grants and policy changes aimed at roads, shoreline restoration and behavioral-health facilities.
Senator Liz Lovelett, who represented the district’s work on climate and housing, told the council “the governor has signed everything that he's going to sign into law,” and highlighted a package of bills she said will affect local planning and waste management. Representative Alex Ramel called housing “a top priority” and described state investments in the housing trust fund and new…
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