All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2020 // In his first semester at Washington State University, Sam Martinez witnessed or took part in several activities that his family says were a pattern of hazing at Alpha Tau Omega (ATO), the fraternity he hoped to...
Aug 7 2020 // Operators of eight fitness centers in Eastern Washington face fines totaling more than $77,000 for being open in violation of the state’s Safe Start order.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries...
Aug 7 2020 // The owner of a plant nursery in Washington state has been fined $4,200 for failing to ensure a safe workplace and potentially exposing employees to the coronavirus after preventing them from wearing masks.The state...
Aug 4 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled Virginia on Tuesday on its way toward Washington and other cities of the U.S. Northeast, and killed at least one person after a tornado it spawned obliterated a mobile home park in North...
Aug 3 2020 // All insurers in Washington that take action against a policyholder must include information in the notices about the right to appeal and how to contact the insurance commissioner’s Consumer Protection division if...
Aug 3 2020 // In his first semester at Washington State University, Sam Martinez witnessed or took part in several activities that his family says was a pattern of hazing at Alpha Tau Omega (ATO), the fraternity he hoped to join.Pledges...
Jul 29 2020 // The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is again extending the deadline for employers that are finding it difficult to pay their workers’ compensation premiums during the COVID-19 outbreak.Under...
Jul 27 2020 // Insurer groups are taking issue with push by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler to prohibit insurers from including information from consumer credit histories in the insurance scores used to calculate premiums...
Jul 27 2020 // A Kentucky teen and The Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper’s coverage of his encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington last year.The teen’s lawyers said...
Jul 21 2020 // While a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Texas has brought many businesses to a screeching halt, eight robots have kept All Axis Machining’s metal fabrication facility in Dallas humming.The small, nimble robots...
Jul 20 2020 // Law firm Mintz has added a group of five practitioners to its Insurance and Reinsurance Practice.Deirdre G. Johnson, Paul W. Kalish, Suman Chakraborty and Ellen MacDonald Farrell joined as members, and Elaine Panagakos...
Jul 20 2020 // The Washington Redskins hired a law firm to review allegations of misconduct after 15 female ex-employees told the Washington Post they were sexually harassed.The NFL team hired D.C. lawyer Beth Wilkinson and her firm,...
Jul 17 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Missouri, Washington and Wisconsin to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners insurance product.With the expansion to the three new states, the...
Jul 15 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler reached out to insurance company CEOs in a letter and urged them to stand behind their recent pledges to end discrimination and racial inequities by supporting his proposal...
Jul 14 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...
Jul 13 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...
Jul 6 2020 // LONDON/WASHINGTON/GENEVA — Climate change may be having its day in court.With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers from Switzerland to San Francisco are increasingly filing lawsuits demanding...
Jul 6 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is calling on the insurance industry to end its use of credit scoring in auto, property, renters and life insurance, citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Jul 1 2020 // A fitness center near Yakima, Wash. is facing nearly $10,000 in fines for operating in violation of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Safe Start order.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited company owner...
Jul 1 2020 // Two Washington state Native tribes sued a group of insurance providers they said have not covered claims for business losses resulting from the coronavirus.The Suquamish and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes and their...