All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 12 2019 // In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a purple, lumpy denizen of the fast-food chain’s...
Dec 10 2019 // U.S. rules for marketing e-cigarettes withstood a legal challenge by a maker of the devices and an industry group.A federal appeals court in Washington upheld the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory authority...
Dec 9 2019 // A Federal Way, Wash., man faces a felony theft charge after state investigators caught him working on a roof, despite the fact he was getting workers’ comp payments and claiming he was too injured to work.José...
Dec 3 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Spokane, Wash-based Buck & Affiliates. Gary Buck, president and CEO, along with the entire Buck & Affiliates team, will join Alliant and continue serving clients from...
Dec 2 2019 // The family of a 92-year-old Vancouver, Wash., woman who died after ambulance workers who were transporting her allegedly dropped her onto a sidewalk has filed a $4 million lawsuit.The lawsuit was filed in Multnomah County...
Dec 2 2019 // Executives at a Washington state children’s hospital have found additional patient deaths from a mold infection after taking a closer look at their records.Seattle Children’s CEO Jeff Sperring announced in late...
Dec 2 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took disciplinary action in October against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations.A summary of cases is below. UnitedHealthcare of...
Dec 2 2019 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance is dropping in Washington for the third consecutive year.The Washington Department of Labor & Industries in late November announced a 0.8% decrease in the average...
Nov 26 2019 // Washington state will pay two children $8.5 million after they claimed the state Department of Social and Health Services failed to protect them from sexual abuse by their foster parent. The children sued the agency in...
Nov 25 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took disciplinary action in October against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations.A summary of cases of interest to Washington...
Nov 25 2019 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance is dropping in Washington for the third consecutive year.The Washington Department of Labor & Industries on Monday announced a 0.8% decrease in the average amount...
Nov 22 2019 // The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network confirmed a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck the region near Coulee City and Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington state. The network reported the earthquake struck about 8:48 on...
Nov 22 2019 // Executives at a Washington state children’s hospital have found additional patient deaths from a mold infection after taking a closer look at their records.KING-TV reported Tuesday that Seattle Children’s CEO...
Nov 21 2019 // The family of a 92-year-old Vancouver, Wash. woman who died after ambulance workers who were transporting her allegedly dropped her onto a sidewalk has filed a $4 million lawsuit.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the...
Nov 18 2019 // Car crashes in the first three states to legalize recreational marijuana have soared as law enforcement and regulators struggle to define driving high, let alone determine how to fight it.Colorado, Oregon, and Washington...
Nov 8 2019 // Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co. documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles when she hit pay dirt: Company records showing that GM knew for years that stronger roofs on its...
Nov 7 2019 // California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant on Wednesday of hampering the probe by failing to turn over emails from Chief...
Nov 6 2019 // The United States will target shipping companies that are in breach of sanctions and aggressively enforce measures across the globe to clamp down on such practices, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.In one of the...
Nov 6 2019 // How did a piece of piping installed when Richard Nixon was U.S. president go without once being checked before leading to a fire that devastated the East Coast’s largest and oldest oil refinery?That’s a...
Nov 5 2019 // PEMCO Mutual Insurance has named Chris Purcell to the executive team as vice president and chief information officer. Purcell will continue to advance the organization’s digital and technology strategies. Purcell...