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Senate committee to hear natural gas ban

Washington’s freezing temperatures have ended, but legislators continue efforts to freeze out energy security by passing a natural gas…

Coalition renews legal fight against state natural gas ban in Superior Court

The coalition of trade associations, union representatives, businesses and homeowners behind a state lawsuit challenging building codes in Thurston County…

House passes natural gas ban, despite strained energy grid

Despite pleas asking customers to turn down their thermostats to reduce strain on the energy grid during the state’s frigid…

State Building Code Council elects Daimon Doyle council chair

OLYMPIA… The Washington State Building Code Council elected Olympia Master Builders (OMB) member and BIAW past president Daimon Doyle council…

SCOTUS declines to hear capital gains tax case, driving more businesses out of Washington

OLYMPIA…The Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) today expressed disappointment as the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to hear a…

Pointing to strained energy grid, PSE tells people to limit energy use while pushing bill to ban natural gas

Pointing to Washington’s strained energy grid, Puget Sound Energy and others urged families to limit their energy consumption during this…