Latest Washington Headlines
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Washington Foundry Cited for Dozens of Health and Safety Violations
Apr 13 2022 // A metal foundry and casting company in Walla Walla, Washington, faces a $93,600 fine for violating more than 40 health and safety regulations. A Washington State Department of Labor & Industries inspection reportedly...
Man Files Suit in Washington Claiming Corrections Officers Fractured Spine
Apr 8 2022 // A man has filed a lawsuit against King County, Washington, and several corrections officers, alleging they fractured his spine when they knelt on his back and forcibly removed his clothing in jail. Todd Jones, 53, filed...
Amazon Cited for Unsafe Work Practices at Washington Fulfillment Center
Apr 4 2022 // Amazon is facing a willful serious violation and a $60,000 fine for knowingly putting workers at risk of injury at its fulfillment center in Kent, Washington. A Washington Department of Labor & Industries inspection at...
Washington Court Grants Extended Stay of Insurance Commissioner’s Credit Scoring Ban
Apr 1 2022 // A judge in Washington has signed an order formally staying the Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s ban on using credit ratings to help set insurance premiums on vehicle, rental and homeowners...
Washington County to Pay $1M to Family of Man Shot and Killed
Apr 1 2022 // The family of a man with mental health issues who was shot and killed by a Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy in Washington will receive $1 million. The Spokane County Commissioners approved the federal civil rights...
Court Dismisses Washington Post Reporter’s Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 28 2022 // District of Columbia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who said the newspaper discriminated against her as a woman and victim of sexual assault. Felicia Sonmez sued the Post in...
Amazon Cited for Unsafe Work Practices at Washington Fulfillment Center
Mar 24 2022 // Amazon is facing a willful serious violation and a $60,000 fine for knowingly putting workers at risk of injury at its fulfillment center in Kent, Washington. A Washington Department of Labor & Industries inspection at...
People Moves: IMA Adds Roberts; Alliant in Washington Names Brueske Vice President
Mar 23 2022 // IMA Financial Group Inc. named Stacy Roberts national energy practice director. Roberts will integrate and direct IMA’s energy practice, with a team of 50 brokers and client services professionals based in offices...
Lawsuit Filed by Family of Man in Washington Fatal Shooting
Mar 22 2022 // The family of a man police fatally shot during a purported drug investigation is suing the Vancouver Police Department and the Washington Department of Corrections. Carlos Hunter, 43, died after law enforcement officers...
$2M Settlement in Washington Police Killing Lawsuit
Mar 21 2022 // The city of Poulsbo, Washington, and its police department will pay $2 million to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the family of Stonechild Chiefstick, according to attorneys. Police shot Chiefstick at a park during...
Washington Addressing Flooding That Has Displaced Residents Near Border
Mar 21 2022 // U.S. and Canadian government leaders have agreed to work together to address flooding near the northwest Washington state border with Canada on the Nooksack River. The Bellingham Herald reported Washington state Gov. Jay...
Jury Awards $100M-Plus to Victims of Washington Crane Collapse
Mar 16 2022 // A jury awarded more than $100 million this week to some of the victims of a tower crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle in 2019. Workers were disassembling the 300-foot crane in strong wind gusts when it fell...
Washington Contractors Fined for Death of Worker at Convention Center
Mar 16 2022 // Washington state has fined two construction companies a combined $20,000 after a construction worker was killed at the downtown Seattle convention center expansion. Bryan Phillips, 31, died in an accident at the site in...
$750K Settlement of Washington Suit Over Man’s Jail Suicide
Mar 14 2022 // King County has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a man who killed himself in a Seattle, Washington, jail after they filed a lawsuit alleging jail officials knew or should have known the man was in crisis but failed...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Hawley & Associates in Washington
Mar 14 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Bellevue, Washington-based Hawley & Associates LLC. Hawley & Associates was founded to provide specialized insurance services for adoption, foster care and child welfare...
Hub Acquires Pacific Northwest Insurance in Washington
Mar 8 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Pacific Northwest Insurance Inc. in Kirkland, Washington. Robert James, principal of PNI, and the PNI team will join Hub Northwest. PNI provides property/casualty, and personal...
Washington Contractor Sentenced in Fatal Workplace Trench Collapse
Mar 8 2022 // A Seattle, Washington, construction company owner is facing jail time in a case that’s holding an employer criminally responsible for a preventable worker death. Alki Construction owner Phillip Numrich was sentenced...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Accused of Mistreating Staff
Mar 7 2022 // Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is facing allegations that he verbally mistreats staff and has grown increasingly volatile in recent months, leading to high turnover in the office. The Northwest News...
Washington Roofing Manufacturer Fined $100K in Worker Death
Mar 7 2022 // The failure to follow lockout/tagout procedures was directly connected to the death of a worker in Sumas, Washington, when an agitator arm inside a tank he was cleaning turned on, according to the Washington State...
Ukrainian Cyber Group to Target Russian Power Grid, Railways
Mar 4 2022 // A Ukrainian cyber guerrilla warfare group plans to launch digital sabotage attacks against critical Russian infrastructure such as railways and the electricity grid, to strike back at Moscow over its invasion, a hacker...
