All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2021 // Three schoolteachers in Washington state who sued chemical company Monsanto over exposure to materials in fluorescent lights have been awarded $185 million.The law firm that represented the teachers, Friedman Rubin, said a...
Jul 21 2021 // A class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of nurses who said they weren’t properly paid for lunch and other breaks has settled with Kitsap County’s main health care system, Virginia Mason Franciscan...
Jul 19 2021 // A married couple working at their son’s Vancouver, Wash., auto repair shop who claimed to be hurt at the shop and received workers’ compensation benefits for their injuries are now both charged with stealing...
Jul 19 2021 // The mayor of a southwest Louisiana city recovering from back-to-back blows from Hurricanes Laura and Delta is in Washington hoping to persuade federal officials to steer more aid to the region where rebuilding is...
Jul 19 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a data call of 124 auto insurance companies for recent rebates given to policyholders during the COVID-19 pandemic.Kreidler is requesting claims data for private...
Jul 19 2021 // A federal jury ordered Washington’s King County to pay about $900,000 to a Black senior Metro transit worker who said he was retaliated against after alleging racial discrimination.The verdict by a jury in U.S....
Jul 19 2021 // Jurors have awarded $1.5 million to a man who was run over by a Tacoma, Washington, police officer.Emanuel Andrade sued the Police Department, the city and Officer Luke Faulkner, the News Tribune reported. Andrade alleged...
Jul 16 2021 // Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency because of hot, dry conditions that have plagued the region and water supply.Citing recent record temperature that killed at least 91 people in the state,...
Jul 13 2021 // A fire that extensively damaged businesses just south of Seattle in White Center early Monday is now under investigation as arson by the King County Sheriff’s Office.The incident was reclassified due to new evidence,...
Jul 12 2021 // Jurors have awarded $1.5 million to a man who was run over by a Tacoma police officer.Emanuel Andrade sued the Police Department, the city and Officer Luke Faulkner, the News Tribune reported. Andrade alleged the officer...
Jul 9 2021 // The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries filed an emergency rule to provide increased protection for employees exposed to extreme heat, including those working in agriculture, construction and other...
Jul 9 2021 // A federal jury has ordered King County to pay about $900,000 to a Black senior Metro transit worker who said he was retaliated against after alleging racial discrimination.The verdict by a jury in U.S. District Court in...
Jul 8 2021 // Gov. Jay Inslee this week declared a state of emergency throughout Washington relating to the growing risk of wildfires, including a statewide prohibition on most outdoor and agricultural burning through Sept. 30.“We...
Jul 7 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a data call of 124 auto insurance companies for recent rebates given to policyholders during the COVID-19 pandemic.Kreidler is requesting claims data for private...
Jul 7 2021 // Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is working alongside the district’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) to increase opportunities for high school and college students to pursue careers in...
Jul 5 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy.The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Jul 1 2021 // The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries is reporting that it was recently notified that one of its contractors, Pacific Market Research, was the victim of a ransomware attack on its data systems.During...
Jun 30 2021 // Most of the COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place and modified several times since last spring were lifted in Washington on Wednesday, meaning restaurants and bars and other businesses could resume full indoor...
Jun 29 2021 // The first two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employed a technology that had never before been used in FDA-approved vaccines. Both vaccines performed well in...
Jun 28 2021 // The owner-operator of an Olympia, Wash., dry cleaning business faces a felony charge alleging he stole workers’ compensation benefits by faking the severity of his injury.Byung Sung Kang, 54, is scheduled for...