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Time running out to provide farm-fuel exemption from 'cap-and-tax' costs in 2023

OLYMPIA–With the April 23 conclusion of this year's legislative session just days away, it sadly appears the Legislature will not pass a bill to implement the exemption for farm fuel and certain other types of fuel from the costly fee created by the state's 'cap-and-trade' program that went into effect this January.

Ever since the Climate Commitment Act was passed by the Democrat-controlled Legisl...