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Autor: Penny Thomas
Center for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound (CAMPS) leads public-private effort to enhance industry-driven training for small and medium-sized businesses
OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced a $, Work Start grant to the not-for-profit Center for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound (CAMPS) to develop and coordinate an employer-driven plastics industry training program designed to bring more manufacturing to Washington State. Up to workers will be trained, with half of those targeted as new hires.
“Anchored by global leaders such as Boeing and BMW-SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, advanced composite materials science and manufacturing represent tremendous potential for Washington state across multiple industry sectors such as aerospace, energy, and life sciences,” said Governor Jay Inslee. “Maintaining a robust pipeline of highly-skilled workers needed by employers is critical to our state’s long-term economic success.”
Washington is home to more than 80 companies engaged in composites and advanced materials research and development, fabrication, production and tooling, creating an industry sector that generates and estimated $ billion in annual revenue.
Commerce’s Work Start program focuses on employer-driven trai
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Great news this afternoon: We finally have the votes to pass marriage equality in the Washington State Legislature!
Minutes ago, Senator Mary Margaret Haugen — who had previously said she was only willing to support putting the issue on the ballot for a public vote — reversed her position and decided to join the forces of equality.
Here’s the first few paragraphs of her statement:
I have received many letters, emails, phone calls, very heartfelt, from both sides of the issue. I’ve also received a number of very negative comments from both sides.
For some people, this is a simple issue. I envy them. It has not been simple or easy for me.
To some degree, this is generational. Years ago I took exception to my parents’ beliefs on certain social issues, and today my children take exception to some of mine. Times change, even if it makes us uncomfortable. I think we should all be uncomfortable sometime. None of us knows everything, and it’s important to have our beliefs questioned. Only one being in this world is omniscient, and it’s not me.
I have very strong Christian beliefs, and personally I have always said when I accepted the Lord, I became more tolerant of others. I stopped judging people and