All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 28 2015 // Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a similar...
Oct 27 2015 // Distinguished LLC finalized its acquisition of Bellevue, Wash.-based Fulcrum Insurance Programs.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fulcrum will combine with Distinguished’s own real-estate and hospitality program...
Oct 22 2015 // President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster exists in the state of Washington following this summer’s wildfires and mudslides.The disaster declaration makes federal money available to state and local...
Oct 12 2015 // Washington is suing the contractor building the $3.1 billion tunnel replacement project for Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct.In a statement late Friday afternoon, the Department of Transportation says it filed the...
Sep 28 2015 // A duck boat involved in a deadly Seattle traffic crash did not have an axle repair that was recommended for the amphibious vehicle in 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board said.NTSB member Earl Weener said...
Sep 28 2015 // Federal investigators say the left front axle of a duck boat involved in a deadly Seattle, Wash. accident was sheared off, but they don’t know if it was damaged before the collision with a charter bus that killed...
Sep 24 2015 // The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing an average 2 percent rate workers’ compensation increase for 2016.Each fall L&I sets workers’ comp rates for the following year....
Sep 23 2015 // Chinese President Xi Jinping opened his U.S. visit by seeking to ease concerns on almost every dispute between the two powers, even expressing readiness to cut a deal on one of the thorniest issues, cybersecurity.In a...
Sep 18 2015 // This wrap-up of recent intellectual property cases covers chocolate bar shapes, cookware designs, sneaker similarities, Korean TV copyright device, Quizno’s commercials, personal transporter technology, Oscar award...
Sep 18 2015 // A little more than a week before China’s leader arrives at the White House, President Barack Obama escalated the fight over cyberspace, saying the U.S. is readying measures to forcefully demonstrate that economic...
Sep 14 2015 // The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities & Banking (DISB) announced on Sept. 11 that it has launched city-wide surveys to study the barriers to banking services for District of Columbia residents...
Sep 14 2015 // The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.0-magnitude earthquake hit the eastern part of the Seattle, Wash. area over the weekend. But there are no reports of damage. The agency says the earthquake struck at 3:22 p.m. and was...
Sep 9 2015 // Congressional Republicans were allowed by a judge to pursue their lawsuit accusing the Obama administration of violating the Constitution by spending money on the president’s signature legislative achievement, the...
Sep 3 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Arrow Insurance Service Inc. in Simi Valley, Calif. and it has acquired the assets of EmSpring Corp. in Washington.Terms of the deals were not disclosed. Arrow provides...
Sep 1 2015 // The United States is considering sanctions against both Russian and Chinese individuals and companies for cyber attacks against U.S. commercial targets, several U.S. officials said on Monday.The officials, who spoke on...
Aug 31 2015 // Robert Kincaid, a patient suffering from schizophrenia, was lying on the floor in a dayroom at Western State Hospital in Washington, choking on a piece of orange for almost eight minutes before staff members stopped to...
Aug 28 2015 // A King County Superior Court judge is considering which claims can be brought in a civil trial that will explore whether anyone should be held responsible for the deadly Oso, Wash. mudslide.The Daily Herald reported that...
Aug 26 2015 // The massive Chelan wildfire in Washington poses a significant risk to roughly 634 homes with a total reconstruction cost of more than $198 million, an analysis of the ongoing fire issued Wednesday shows.The analysis by...
Aug 24 2015 // Distinguished Programs Holdings LLC announced the pending acquisition of Bellevue, Wash.-based Fulcrum Insurance Programs.The businesses will be combined and rebranded as Distinguished Specialty. Fulcrum principals Dusty...
Aug 24 2015 // The massive cloud of smoke began to lift over Washington wildfires over the weekend, but as air quality improves the fire’s behavior could become more erratic and intense, fire officials said.“It’s like a...