Stories

Everything you need to know about airport communities from the front page of STNI. Get it in your inbox by subscribing!

  • Game-Changing Newly-Proposed State Law

    DEFENDERS OF HIGHLINE FOREST MLK DAY – January 15, 2024 View this email in your browser Write us at info@defendersofhighlineforest.org The Defenders urge an outpouring of support starting tomorrow morning (Jan 16) for: GAME-CHANGING NEWLY-PROPOSED STATE LAW  Companion bills just introduced in Washington State’s legislature, HB 2103 and SB 5955, would require large Port districts to use tax funds to remediate

  • Apply today for StART membership

    The City of Des Moines is seeking two Community Representatives to serve on the Sea-Tac Airport Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) for a 2-year term. Apply here.

  • Boeing and U.S. aerospace set back by Alaska Airlines fuselage blowout

    Jan. 14, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Jan. 14, 2024 at 6:00 am    By  Dominic Gates  Seattle Times aerospace reporter When a door-sized section of a 737 MAX 9 fuselage exploded out into the void 16,000 feet over Portland, Boeing’s once-solid reputation, already staggered by the two MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, took another

  • Boeing is under fire after Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout. So is the FAA

    By  Lauren Rosenblatt  Seattle Times staff reporter Nearly a week after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 aircraft midflight, lawmakers and federal regulators are starting to look to the Boeing plane’s troubled history to understand what happened — and what didn’t. On Thursday, fingers started pointing. The Federal Aviation Administration announced

  • Testify for Port Package Updates! Tuesday 1/16/2024

    Summary:These are the most important bills for our airport communities in forty years! Testify on behalf of SB 5955 at 8 AM and HB 2103 at 10:30 AM either in-person in Olympia or remotely. To do either, follow the instructions below to sign up. Dear advocates, Rep. Orwall and Senator Keiser introduced companion bills this
  • 2024-01-07

    Port Package Updates January, 2024: This is what we’ve been waiting for

    Summary: After years of waiting, legislation to provide repairs and updates for people with Port Package Problems is being proposed this session in Olympia. It could become law in April and began helping homeowners next year. No kidding. It's complicated, time is short, and we will need all of you to help get it passed. Instructions below.

  • Defenders Of Highline Forest: The Defenders expand their mission!

    DEFENDERS OF HIGHLINE FOREST January 5, 2024 View this email in your browser Write us at info@KCTreeEquity.org What’s in a name? The Defenders expand their mission! News flash, folks: In response to the Port of Seattle’s plans to increase development around SeaTac Airport, we’re changing our name from Defenders of North SeaTac Park to Defenders of Highline

  • SB5990

    S-3831.1 _______________________________________________   SENATE BILL 5990 _______________________________________________   State of Washington     68th Legislature   2024 Regular Session   By Senators Lovelett, Saldaña, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kuderer, Nobles, Salomon, Stanford, Trudeau, Valdez, and C. Wilson   Prefiled 01/04/24.Read first time 01/08/24.  Referred to Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology.   AN ACT Relating to integrating environmental
  • 2024-01-03

    SB5955

    S-3815.1 (companion bill: HB2103) SENATE BILL 5955 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session By Senators Keiser, Hasegawa, Kauffman, Nguyen, and C. Wilson Prefiled 01/03/24.Read first time 01/08/24.Referred to Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. AN ACT Relating to mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts; amending RCW 53.36.020, 53.54.010, 53.54.020, 53.54.040, and 70A.65.260;
  • 2024-01-03

    HB2103

    Port districts authorized to undertake programs for the abatement of aircraft noise,,, must additionally undertake a remedial mitigation program... Remedial mitigation programs must consist of... repair or replacement of failed mitigation equipment... The provision of air quality mitigation equipment to residential, recreational, or educational facilities that will measurably improve air quality... Programs to provide urban forests or green space within an impacted area...
Sidebar On/Off
V V