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Coalition Pushing for New National Framework for Disasters

A coalition of national interests has introduced a framework intended to shape how the nation responds to natural disasters, or as one advocate of the framework described it, change the way governments and communities operate so they can “prespond to …

Q&A on Oregon Insurance Exchange

While some states have fought President Barack Obama’s federal health care overhaul, known as the Affordable Care Act, Oregon has embraced it. The law requires every state to have a new health insurance marketplace called an exchange. Oregon’s Legislature created …

Utah Governor Asks Obama to Approve His State’s Health Exchange

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert asked President Barack Obama on Tuesday for help getting the state’s small-business health insurance marketplace approved as good enough for Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Utah created a health insurance exchange for small businesses …

Washington Governor Signs Insurance Exchange Bill Into Law

Gov. Chris Gregoire on Friday signed into law a bill setting rules for insurers preparing for the state’s online insurance exchange. Online insurance exchanges are key to the federal health care overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama in …

11 Washington Counties to Get Federal Disaster Aid

President Barack Obama on Monday signed a federal disaster declaration for 11 Washington counties for damages and costs suffered during January’s snowstorm. The storm of snow, ice and freezing rain caused power outages, landslides, avalanches and fallen trees across Washington, …

Feds Reimburse County in Utah for Flooding Damages

The federal government has reimbursed Cache County, Utah and municipalities more than $780,000 for flooding damages last spring. The Herald Journal of Logan reported that President Barack Obama approved the request after declaring an emergency for the area. A record-breaking snowpack last …