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The following list of Washington companies includes notable companies that are, or once were, headquartered in the U.S. state of Washington. Companies based in Washington [ edit ]
This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in the Seattle metropolitan area.. As of December 2021, the Seattle metropolitan area is home to ten Fortune 500 companies: Internet retailer Amazon (#2), Costco Wholesale (#12), Microsoft (#15), coffee chain Starbucks (#125), Paccar (#159), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#289), Weyerhaeuser (#387 ...
The Department of Labor and Industries was created by an act of the state legislature in 1921, overseeing industrial insurance, worker safety, and industrial relations. [2] [3] The new agency superseded the Bureau of Labor, created in 1901 to inspect workplaces, and minor state boards and commissions monitoring worker health, safety, and insurance claims.
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The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills.
In the U.S. state of Washington, a public development authority (most commonly PDA; also known as a public corporation) is a government-owned corporation. They are established under RCW 35.21.730. [ 1 ]
1997 – Acquired Norand and UBI (United Barcode Industries) 1997 – Acquired radio frequency identification (RFID) semiconductor technology from IBM, Inc. 1998 – Acquired Amtech Corporation's high-frequency RFID business, Amtech Transportation Systems; 2006 – UNOVA, Inc. becomes Intermec, Inc., retaining Intermec Technologies as subsidiary
List of Washington State Insurance Commissioners [5] [6] Name Years Party J. H. Schively: 1909–1913 Republican H.O.Fishback 1913–1933 Republican William A. Sullivan 1933–1961 Democratic Lee I. Kueckelhan 1961–1969 Democratic Karl Herrmann 1969–1977 Democratic Richard G. Marquardt 1977–1993 Republican Deborah Senn: 1993–2001 Democratic