• Approved a massive influx of transportation investments, more than any legislature
in state history, beginning construction of hundreds of new projects across the state,
making the roads safer, lessening congestion, and spurring the economy.

• Cultivated an Ag Agenda, providing significant tax relief and investing in new research
and technology for Washington agriculture, helping farmers and farm workers
to better survive and thrive in the global marketplace.

• Created the Life Sciences Fund and invested in the Global Health Challenge,
allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to high-tech research that will help save lives
across the world and encourage innovations in our state’s economy.

• Broadened collective bargaining rights to more workers than any legislature in decades, including home care, child care, and higher education, as well as state employees
through civil service reform.

• Protected the best minimum wage in the nation from numerous attempts to repeal
and restrict the wage level and annual cost-of-living adjustments.

• Approved paid family medical leave, which will provide workers with financial assistance
when they need to take care of their newborn children or adoptees,
making Washington the second state in the nation to enact such a law.

• Created worker re-training programs, assisting tens of thousands of dislocated workers
to get new jobs in the economy, making Washington state a national leader in this regard.

• Worked with a broad-based coalition to design and enact a package of legislation
for the aerospace industry, leading to the decision to construct the 787 Dreamliner
in Washington, defying the common predictions that we would not be successful,
and helping to develop our state as a great place to create jobs.

• Enacted a series of laws to require and encourage apprenticeship programs, including
Running Start for the Trades, Helmets to Hardhats, and other programs, to enlist workers
in the high-skills, high-wages jobs in construction, aerospace, health care, and other fields.

• Created a linked-deposit program, to finance women and minority-owned businesses,
helping entrepreneurs to achieve the American Dream.

• Initiated a Building Communities Fund, to construct community centers and facilities,
bringing together and uplifting local communities across the state.

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