Latest Washington Headlines
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Nearly $60M Settlement Reached in Washington Fire
Dec 16 2015 // A settlement of nearly $60 million has been reached for people who suffered damages as the result of a 2012 blaze near Cle Elum, Wash. lawyers said Monday. Rod Nelson with Abeyta Nelson law firm said in a release that the...
Jury in Washington Awards $21.5M to Man Hurt by Cruise Ship Door
Dec 7 2015 // A federal jury in Seattle, Wash., has awarded $21.5 million in damages to an Illinois man who was injured by an automatic sliding-glass door on a cruise ship in 2011. The verdict included $16.5 million in punitive damages....
Washington Dairy Worker Death May Lead to More Regulations
Dec 4 2015 // The investigation into the death of a Mabton, Wash. dairy worker who drowned in a manure pit shows the man had drugs in his system. Randy Vasquez drowned March 4 in a manure storage lagoon at Riverview Ranch. The dairy was...
Workers’ Comp Rates in Washington to Increase 2% In 2016
Dec 2 2015 // The average base rate Washington businesses pay for workers’ compensation insurance will increase by 2 percent in 2016, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced. L&I uses wage inflation as a...
Aging U.S. Nuclear Plants Pushing Limits of Life Expectancy
Nov 29 2015 // The U.S. is set to become the first nation to decide whether it’s safe to operate nuclear power plants for 80 years, twice as long as initially allowed. The majority of the nation’s 99 reactors have already...
Washington Utility Whistleblower Files Retaliation Claim
Nov 18 2015 // A Snohomish County Public Utility District employee who alerted the Washington utility board to no-bid contracts given to a former employee says he has been harassed and suffered retaliation since reporting the...
Washington Jury Finds Auditors Liable for $10M in Madoff losses
Nov 16 2015 // A Seattle, Wash. jury has found of Ernst & Young liable for half of more than $20 million lost by a Washington investment company in the wake of Bernie Madoff’s multi-decade investment scam. FutureSelect...
Jury in Washington Awards $21.5M to Man Hurt by Cruise Ship Door
Nov 13 2015 // A federal jury in Seattle, Wash. awarded $21.5 million in damages to an Illinois man who was injured by an automatic sliding-glass door on a cruise ship in 2011. The verdict included $16.5 million in punitive damages....
It’s 2026, There’s a Food Security Crisis- How Does World Respond?
Nov 12 2015 // The year is 2026. Flooding, worsened by climate change, has devastated Bangladesh and driven millions of hungry refugees to its border with India. Worried about unrest and disease, India asks other nations for help. The...
Hub Acquires Assets of Washington-based Employee Benefits Group
Nov 5 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Spokane, Wash.-based Employee Benefits Group Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EBG specializes in providing employee benefits to mid-size and large companies with...
Washington Redskins’ Garcon Sues FanDuel Over Use of His Name, Image
Nov 2 2015 // Fantasy-sports gaming site FanDuel Inc. was sued by Washington Redskins football player Pierre Garcon over the use of his name and image, which he claims was done without his permission. The site, where people bet on the...
SBA Offers Low-interest Wildfire Disaster Loans to Washington Businesses
Oct 30 2015 // The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest disaster loans to Washington businesses, nonprofits and residents affected by the wildfires. The federal agency has declared its own disaster declaration to...
West Coast Towns Vulnerable to Tsunamis Consider Ways to Save Lives
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...
Distinguished LLC Acquires Fulcrum Programs in Washington
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...
Washington Wildfire Disaster Declaration Approved by President
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...
Washington Sues Contactor Building $3.1B Seattle Tunnel
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...
Duck Boat in Washington Crash Didn’t Have Recommended Fix: NTSB
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...
Feds: Axle From Duck Boat in Deadly Washington Crash Sheared Off
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...
Washington Labor Department Seeks 2% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
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....
China’s President Xi Pledges ‘New Model’ of ‘Mutual Respect’ with U.S. Amid Tensions
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...
