All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2017 // Heavy rains caused widespread flooding and prompted some evacuations and rescues in western Pennsylvania, but no major injuries were reported.Forecasters said a stalled system resulted in conditions more similar to winter...
Jul 27 2017 // Climate change may pose a serious risk to the nation’s electric grid, according to a new report.The report was prepared by Johns Hopkins University with help from Swiss Re. “Lights out: The risks of climate and...
Jul 20 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas is ranked second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire.The analysis determined the number and percentage of households...
Jul 18 2017 // Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill former President...
Jul 10 2017 // A former worker at a Washington recycling facility injured after opening an unlabeled tank containing poisonous gas has filed a lawsuit.The Spokesman-Review reported in a story that Felix W. Shuck filed the lawsuit against...
Jun 28 2017 // No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known as “accidents” – on the road, in homes and communities and at work, according to the...
Jun 23 2017 // Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about three percent higher overall than would have been expected without legalization, a new...
Jun 23 2017 // It can be pretty tough keeping an independent insurance agency up and running successfully long-term if you’re just in it for the money, according to the leader of a Chicago-based agency that is celebrating its 20th...
Jun 21 2017 // Robert Connolly has been named chairman of Lockton Northeast, succeeding Michael Calabrese, who will continue to serve as vice chairman of Lockton’s Northeast operations.Connolly has been the president of...
Jun 19 2017 // A magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook an area of the Olympic Peninsula northwest of Seattle, Wash., the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. It was centered less than a mile east of Quilcene. The USGS says the small earthquake...
Jun 13 2017 // A Washington state administrative judge threw out $2.4 million in fines levied against refiner Tesoro Corp. for a 2010 explosion that claimed the lives of seven workers at the company’s Anacortes, Washington,...
Jun 12 2017 // The insurance company for Spokane County, Wash. will pay $2.25 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit that contended the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office engaged in witness-tampering and recklessness to...
Jun 9 2017 // A former insurance agent in Washington has been charged with stealing premiums from his clients.Levi Watson, 44, of Bothell, Wash., faces one count of first-degree theft and one count of money laundering, both felonies....
Jun 6 2017 // President Donald Trump’s administration will unveil revised self-driving guidelines within the next few months, the head of the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday, responding to automakers’ calls for...
Jun 5 2017 // It can be pretty tough keeping an independent insurance agency up and running successfully long-term if you’re just in it for the money, according to the leader of a Chicago-based agency that is celebrating its 20th...
Jun 1 2017 // As auto accidents and fatalities increase on America’s roads, a dozen states have taken legislative action this year to further combat distracted driving.According to an analysis by the Property Casualty Insurers...
May 25 2017 // Evacuation orders are still in effect in as crews battle a wildfire north of Leavenworth, Washington.Brendan Cowan, a spokesman for the Northwest Incident Management Team, says the blaze covered about 40 acres as of...
May 22 2017 // An analysis says equipment failures caused between $49 million and $57 million of damage at the Washington’s largest sewage treatment plant.KING-TV reported the analysis was released related to damage at the West...
May 18 2017 // Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure that bans holding hand-held devices while driving.The measure, signed by Inslee in Tacoma Tuesday, prohibits holding an electronic device, including phones, tablets and other...
May 16 2017 // A Washington man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Eastern State Hospital staff after his brother died under their care.The Spokesman-Review reported that Kenneth Peters has accused doctors of not rendering...