Hastings’ Work for Kittitas County
- Ensuring federal commitment to local schools heavily impacted by federal land ownership through Secure Rural Schools law ($873,000 a year for Kittitas County schools).
- Authored legislation passed by the House of Representatives to provide land for new fire station at Snoqualmie Pass.
- Authored and passed law requiring federal action on new water storage in the Yakima River basin, including the proposed Black Rock reservoir.
- Secured federal funding for Central Washington University wine quality testing and education program.
- Supported local county decision on wind farms.
- Successfully pressed the National Marine Fisheries Service to move forward with repairs to Keechelus Dam.
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