PORT ANGELES — The 24th Legislative District’s three state lawmakers briefed the Port Angeles Business Association about the pressures that are expected to shape the 2026 legislative session during the group’s weekly breakfast meeting at Jazzy Joshua’s.

State Sen. Mike Chapman, D-Port Angeles, and Reps. Steve Tharinger, D-Port Townsend, and Adam Bernbaum, D-Port Angeles, outlined the fiscal constraints they anticipate when lawmakers return to Olympia on Jan. 12, the first day of the 60-day session.

On Tuesday, they described a landscape defined by slowing revenue growth, increasing social-service demands and the first full budget proposal from Gov. Bob Ferguson.

Chapman said early signals from the governor’s office point toward a “no-new-revenue” operating budget. Lawmakers, he said, ar

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